SideTracked - Sutton Coldfield Traditional Cache
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SideTracked - Sutton Coldfield
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Note that the cache was moved and co-ordinates updated on 28 Feb 08.
SideTracked Caches are intended to provide quick cache-and-dashes at train stations.
This cache is one of seed caches distributed at the FlashMob event in Birmingham on 10 Nov 2007.
The only survivor of three stations that once served the centre of Sutton Coldfield, the station was opened by the LNWR in 1862 and later became part of the LMS. The station building itself has retained some character and its interior is heavily reliant on wooden construction and painted in a colour scheme of navy blue and white which gives it a somewhat unique feel on the Centro-maintained cross-city line. It has survived the penchant of the 1970/1980s for sweeping away traditional station buildings in favour of odd-shaped 'box-like' structures and, apart from the loss of some buildings and the goods sidings - which are now a car park - retains many original features.
The cache is a 35mm film canister located on a public thoroughfare close to the station. GPSr at GZ was +/- 30ft when I set it so you might need the clue.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Cyngsbez fvqr bs gur cngu unatvat sebz vil va n oynpx ont naq pybfr gb pbapergr cbfg nobhg 1.5 zrgerf sebz gur tebhaq.