On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, William Franckey wrote:
I've hear that too. The area east of Highlands depot over to around the
Western Springs pool is a bog and I heard locomotive and two cars are
about where the tollway goes through.
> Here's another story that maybe someone could shed some light on. While
> building the right of way in the 1860's, the swamp at Highlands was quite an
> ordeal. There has circulated a story about losing a work train locomotive
> in the swamp and the railroad being forced to cover the spot with rock and
> gravel thus forever entombing the locomotive. Fact ot fiction? Bill
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> From: "Allen Moore" <allenm@s...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 10:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Area north of tracks at Highlands / now Hinsdale
> Hospital.
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> > On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 atsf3460@a... wrote:
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> > > Could some of you older "Q" fans climb into your "wayback machines" for
> me
> > > and describe the area that Hinsdale Hospital occupies by Highlands
> Station
> > > back in the post-war ear (40's / 50's). The houses on the south side of
> the
> > > track are older but the houses on the north side are ranch style homes
> from
> > > the '50s. Thanks for any help you can give me - I have long term plans
> of
> > > including Highlands on a layout someday (was able to acquire the old
> Magnuson
> > Sorry that it has taken me so long to answer your question. (Old age has
> > set in). I was born in that hospital in the mid 40Õs and grew up in
> > Hinsdale. Highlands was one of the spots that was a favorite train
> > waiting and watching place.
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> > To the north of the Highlands depot were two dormitory buildings for the
> > hospital staff. If my memory is correct these were two story. These were
> > directly across from the hospital entrance and both were parallel to Oak
> > St. What I canÕt remember was what was just north of these two buildings.
> > Possibility a church building.
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> > There were houses just across the street from the passenger shelter.
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> > The area bounded by Oak and County Line Road, the RR and Hinsdale Ave. was
> > an open park with the mighty Oak trees. The houses to the West of Oak St
> > were there as long as I remember, along with the bridge. If I could find
> > my records or get to the Structures Team Records, I could tell how long
> > that upside down turntable has been there.
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> > There was a track into the west side of the hospital for coal delivery. I
> > have a plan of it, but can not find much these days.
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> > Also there was a switch just east of Garfield St crossing for the track
> > into the power plant, that was east of the post office and now is where
> > the fire station sits. I donÕt remember this track going any farther east
> > than the ped crossing, but it might have to get into the hospital.
> >
> > - Allen
> > Moore II Infinitum !
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