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 40Ős and grew up in Hinsdale. Highlands was one of the spots that was a favori
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
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. -- Allen Moore II I
While I've never heard anything about a work train locomotive being lost, I have heard stories that the railroad laid a bed of willow branches down before applying ballast, the theory being that this
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 membe