Allen: I too have fond memories of Highlands. We will save that story
for another day. I have modeled Highlands on our HO scale Chicago &
Aurora Division. Go to the BRHS web site and look under members layouts.
Dave Lotz posted the Highlands depot shots. Hope you have fond
memories. Mike
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:00:58 -0600 (CST) Allen Moore <allenm@s...>
writes:
>On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 atsf3460@a... wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>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.
>
>There were houses just across the street from the passenger shelter.
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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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