Colby Station Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/15/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Colby Railway Station is a small station on the southern edge of the village in the south of the Isle of Man. The station is served by the Isle of Man Railway, connecting with Ballabeg railway station to the east and the Level request stop to the west. Since it was established in 1874 it consisted a simple passing loop and goods siding, with waiting room and station master's office. The building was of the same design as the station at Ballasalla (demolished in 1985) and the one still extant at Santon but this was demolished in 1980, leaving no shelter for waiting passengers. The former goods platform is still distinguishable on the westerly side of the station, the siding itself being long-since lifted. Until 1991 the pointwork was till in place at the northerly end of the station but this was removed when remedial works were carried out at this time.


In 1991 the shelter from Braddan Bridge on the long-abandoned line to Peel was refurbished and relocated here, but since the station received platforms on both up and down sides of the loop in conjunction with an all-island sewerage network in 2002, the waiting shelter is no longer at platform height, being left in-situ at a lower point giving it an unusual appearance in respect of the actual platforms. The station is unique in being the only one on the line to not carry bi-lingual station nameboards, this being due to the fact that the name translated carries exactly the same spelling, but this does lead to an inconsistency of naming along the line.

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Parking is available at the station for 3 cars. Please bring a pen or pencil.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnoontr gerr

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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