The Abandoned Sanatorium

The Abandoned Sanatorium is a long-since closed building used from 1869 to 1905. Today, the Nerland Passenger Light Railway (NPLR) now runs trains along part of the facility's route.

History
The Sanatorium was opened in 1869 to treat patients with long-term illnesses on Nerland.

Closure
The facility was closed in 1905 when the hospitals on the Mainland became better developed and when medicine science improved. The main reason for its closure was the cost of operating and maintaining the ageing building.

Basis
The abandoned sanatorium appears to based on the Waverley Hills Sanatorium in Kentucky, USA. This location was closed in 1961 and has since been a historical building. Like the abandoned sanatorium, the Waverley Hills Sanatorium is haunted.

The abandoned sanatorium's exterior was based off the Royal Hall of Industries in Moore Park, Sydney. The building was opened in 1913 and has seen several uses such as an exhibition hall, morgue, roller/ice skating rink, boxing venue and ballroom. The building is still in service and located next to the Hordern Pavilion. The interior of this same building inspired Wilmont station's canopy.

Trivia
The abandoned sanatorium is scratchbuilt from card.

The abandoned sanatorium's railway system could be inspired by the Whittington Hospital Railway, which ran from 1889 to 1957. Like the abandoned sanatorium, it owned its own locomotives instead of borrowing another railway's locomotives.

The abandoned sanatorium was who Maddie was originally built for before sold to TR and replaced by a battery shunter.