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Follow the ELS #1 - Bridge Over the Tracks Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 3/15/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Two old locomotives pulling hard uphill

Cache is located within public right of way. Park along the road, not on the bridge.


This series is dedicated to following caches alongside the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad, a shortline railroad that is by no means ordinary. This is one of the last freight railroads that you may still see operating an F unit from the 50's or some of the last remaining Baldwin locomotives (and the ELS is also owner of the only 2 remaining Baldwin "Sharknose" RF-16's in the world, secretely secured somewhere in Escanaba.) Anyway around it, you will be treated to a mix of locomotive power and color schemes which always makes the ELS interesting.

Cache is camo colored container and contains logbook and pencil and small trading items. $1 coin is included for FTF prize.

The nearby bridge is a great spot to experience the thunder of a train passing underneath. If a train is headed northbound it may be throttled way up to struggle up the grade. If the train is southbound they may be using dynamic brakes to slow the train down before town and the hill just south of the bridge.

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