Train Spotting (The Long wait)MKII Traditional Cache
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Train Spotting (The Long wait)MKII
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No trains here now just a quick cache to catch,
please bring a pen.
You can go through both gates but no fences need to be crossed
A bit of history
The station was built in the early part of 1902 by the Yorkshire Dales Railway for the Midland Railway. The line diverged from Embsay Junction, up through the Dales, with a stopping station at Rylstone, past the then 'Swinden Lime Works' - today known as Swinden Quarry, and then a further 3 miles to Threshfield Station. The line was built to ferry passengers from larger cities into the countryside of Threshfield, Grassington, Kettlewell and other villages.
The station had two platforms with run-round loops for each platform, a goods shed with its own siding and a cattle dock with its own siding. A single track route went off over towards Skierthorns Quarry but only went as far as the rear of a set of terraced houses known as Woodlands Terrace. Here the stone was brought down from the quarry by a means of a tramway. It then was brought to Woodlands Terrace where it was unloaded and transferred onto the stone trains.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vg vf haqre n ebpx ng gur raq bs gur jnyy.
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