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Ghost Train Bedford Bow Lane Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

Oreb: Went out today to check on the cache and the container was gone. The Bedford Planning board has approved plans for housing in this area and while Bow Lane itself is still town land I'm pretty confident the area will be landscaped and the hiding location will be gone. I'm archiving this and will look to see if there is a place on the old railroad bed to place a Ghost Train cache when the construction is done.

Thanks for all who looked for this cache and found it over the years.

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Hidden : 10/2/2008
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

small lock n'lock container

We've long been intrigued by the Milford and Manchester Railroad that was only in use for a few short years.

This cache is placed on the old railroad bed in Bedford, NH as it turns northeast to head into the center of Bedford. On some maps the railroad bed in this area is labeled as Bow Lane but there is no lane there today. :)

To get to the "trailhead" take Chestnut Drive off of Route 101. The trailhead waypoint is not really a trailhead but it is a break in the trees where you can start walking towards the cache. There are now no parking signs near the trailhead as I belive the road is a fire lane for Bedford High School.

There is a trail in for a good part of the way. If you walk towards the cache co-ordinates from the "trailhead" and you stay to the north you'll see the railroad cut that first heads west and then curves towards the south. The cache isn't in the railroad cut (too much water)but it is within 20 feet or so of the railroad cut...if you walk from the GZ towards Route 101 you'll see the depressed area where the railroad ran west to east.

Please put the cache back carefully where you find it, and try to make sure there are a few twigs on top to camoflage it as during the school year this area if full of BHS LARPers on Monday afternoons.

If you're interested in more Ghost Train caches along the route of the Milford to Manchester Railroad check out the bookmark: Ghost Train Series

A bit more information on the railroad (owned by the Boston and Maine Railroad) can be found here:
Manchester and Milford Railroad links

Congrats to king.hubi on the FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

trbboivbhf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)