Chris Gilbert Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotalLamer Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Apparently this is still a thing. They have pics in the virtual tour on their site. http://fletchergranite.com/ Same motor too I bet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Haston Granite...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I'm waiting to see you get THAT in the back of the car! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Harrap Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I'm waiting to see you get THAT in the back of the car! I knew T scale was for something, Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 "A Prayer for Owen Meany" - that's what it reminds me of.... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O. Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Good find! Great track plan too. Try mapping to 534 Groton Road , Westford, MA 01886 You can see the red switcher from satellite. There's a connection to the 'real' railway but looks overgrown? Cheers, Steve O. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 There's so many cliche abandoned cabooses it needs a bus on a bridge to balance it out... Bachmann do the 45t in N, that would give you a chance to do a "big picture" one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I used to drive by Fletcher's every day on the way to work. Occasionally I would get stopped by the 44 tonner crossing the street. Unfortunately, it shut down about 3 years ago due. A quick google search found this: http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_15456077 Its possible someone saved it, but I haven't heard anything about that. Towards the end, the connection to the B&M was primarily used to ship IN blocks of granite from other sites to be cut by Fletcher. But those shipments were few and far in-between. Shipping out the granite was all by truck. The B&M 0-6-0 (#410) that's on display in downtown lowell used to work that quarry. Fletcher used it until the 70's, and in the early 90's it was cosmetically restored by the National Park Service and the B&M hysterical society. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotalLamer Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I used to drive by Fletcher's every day on the way to work. Occasionally I would get stopped by the 44 tonner crossing the street. Unfortunately, it shut down about 3 years ago due. A quick google search found this: http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_15456077 Its possible someone saved it, but I haven't heard anything about that. Towards the end, the connection to the B&M was primarily used to ship IN blocks of granite from other sites to be cut by Fletcher. But those shipments were few and far in-between. Shipping out the granite was all by truck. The B&M 0-6-0 (#410) that's on display in downtown lowell used to work that quarry. Fletcher used it until the 70's, and in the early 90's it was cosmetically restored by the National Park Service and the B&M hysterical society. That article is from 2010... and considering the website is still active 4 years later, I have to imagine something happened to let them continue operations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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