Worcester, Nashua & Portland Railroad II Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

MainePublisher: All geocache placements must have a responsive owner. The cache owner must be able to respond to issues that come up and to submit an "owner maintenance" log to remove the "needs maintenance" icon.

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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.

The cache location is now open for any Geocacher to place a new cache, including the original cache owner.

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Hidden : 2/21/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

My second of three caches hidden as a tribute to an ancient New England railroad. I hid one in each state the WN&P had served. Designed to be found separately, or all in the same day (about 40 mi. between hides). The cache is a typical Lock & Lock-style container hidden on the eastern end of The Rockingham Recreational Trail-Fremont Branch. Cache is .1 miles from the Martin Road crossing. It may not be winter-friendly with enough snow.

OHRVs are not permitted on this section of the Fremont Branch. Don't attempt this cache after dark unless you plan on a chance meeting with the abutting property owners.

Watch for snowmobiles during peak season.

From Wikipedia.com:

"The Worcester and Nashua Railroad was organitzed in 1845 to link Worcester to the growing city of Nashua. The line opened as far as the village of South Groton (the town of Ayer today) in the summer of 1848 and to Nashua just before Christmas. The line opened up New Hampshire to southern and western New England and plans were made to connect the line with southern Maine.

The Nashua and Rochester Railroad was formed in 1847, extending the line to Rochester. The W&N leased the N&R in 1874, and the two companies merged into the Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad in 1883. The Boston and Maine Railroad leased the line in 1886. This acquisition also included the continuation from Rochester to Portland, via the York and Cumberland Railroad which was formed in 1846. It opened to Gorham, Maine in 1851 under the direction of Maine railroad pioneer John A. Poor and was extended in 1853. The York and Cumberland was reorganized as the Portland and Rochester Railroad in 1867, with a connection to the Grand Trunk Railway in Portland, and was completed to Rochester in 1871. The three lines were tied together by the B&M as its Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division and covered over 147 miles.

The B&M began the process of abandoning portions of the WN&P division in 1932 when two large sections were discontinued from Hudson to Fremont, New Hampshire and from Epping to Gonic, New Hampshire. Service between Gonic and Rochester lasted until 1982."

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre n ybt, arne gur srapr.

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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