Blue's Cache Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

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In this case, Groundspeak has sent an email to the cache owner with no response. The cache owner did not respond to any of the cachers hoping to find the cache and did not respond to the reviewer note so the cache is now archived.

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Hidden : 10/18/2005
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Why did we choose this place?! What is it's significance?!

Ok, so once you are there you will be able to tell what it is, but do you know what the significance of the building is? If you're interested in more info check out these links: http://lincoln.midcoast.com/~wwfry/locations/albion.html http://www.albionmaine.org/ NOTE: This is a historical building and area, PLEASE cache with care and respect the site. We do have permission from the assistant curator to place this cache here, so again, please cache with care. Please rehide well and please be advised that the fence around the oxen is a live one, so use caution.... More recent info: (thanks firefighterjake) In the days before trucks and cars were commonplace a town with a railroad line passing through it often was equated with prosperity. If your town had a railroad line and a station your town was quite something. Many towns in Maine were altered in fact by the arrival of a railway line. For example, in nearby Thorndike the population center was actually out in the area now known as East Thorndike . . . at least it was until the railroad came through and the population shifted to its present day location. Unfortunately, building and maintaining a "standard" gauge railroad (widths of 4 foot, 8 1/2 inches) could be an expensive proposition. Thrifty Yankees solved this problem by creating the narrow gauge railroad -- tracks that were about half the size (hence their knickname, "Two-Footers." In the railroad's heyday "Two-Footers" had over 200 miles of track and dozens of locomotives which hauled passengers and freight. In 1943 the last narrow gauge railroad closed though due to increased competition with trucks. The railroad station you see located here is part of a narrow gauge line that began back in June 1894 when construction began on the Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad. In November the first leg of the railroad with a station in Albion was reached. Due to debt though the railroad opted to not keep building to Quebec until several years later when a second line was started before being halted by the Maine Central Railroad tracks in Burnham Junction. The little railroad went through several years of upheaval until Leonard Atwood bought the line in 1901, renaming it the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad. Atwood's goal of building a line to Farmington was never met as the company ran out of money and a bridge spanning the Kennebec River was never completed. A separate line between Weeks Mills and Winslow was completed in 1902. However the line never connected up with Maine Central Railroad and by World War I the line was gone. In 1907 the railroad fell on hard times and was auctioned off to Carson C. Peck, Vice President of the F.W. Woolworth Company for $93,000. The Wiscasset, Winslow and Farmington Railroad was renamed the Wiscasset, Winslow and Farmington Railway. The new company did relatively well for the next two decades but by the early 1920s cars and trucks were taking away quite a bit of the business. The railway was sold again in 1930 to Frank Winter, but after just three years the last regular train made its final trip on June 15th . . . unfortunately the train jumped the tracks on that last trip and went over the bank towards the Sheepscot River. In 1934 most of the mainline was ripped up and sold for scrap. The station you see before you is the northern most terminus of the Wiscasset, Winslow and Farmington Railroad. Trains typically would leave from Albion in the morning and return to the town at night. As a result several businesses, including some mills, sprung up in the area near the terminal. The station itself is also unique as it was the only two-story station on the line with the upper story used as the residence for the conductor and his family.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg'f zl haqrefgnaqvat gung guvf vf gur bayl erznvavat gjb fgbel fgngvba erznvavat va gur jbeyq......

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)


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