GC2WRPP Freight Hopping (Traditional Cache) in Ohio, United States created by 5BizzyBs

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Hidden : 5/22/2011

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A simple Traditional Cache along an old section of railway converted to a bike path.

Parking?
You'll have to use your own best discretion to find legal parking.
You can try near ATE's cache called Tuco-Tuco or the parking lot of a nearby establishment close to the bike path by Shroyer Rd.

The cache is within 10 ft. of the eastern side of the bike path.
The container is a recycled 32 oz. container painted with ultra flat brown camo paint.
No pen or pencil has been provided.

Freight
Hopping

Freight hopping or train hopping is the act of surreptitiously hitching a ride on a railroad freight car. In the United States, this became a common means of transportation following the American Civil War as the railroads began pushing westward, especially among migrant workers who became known as "hobos". It continued to be widely used by those unable to afford other transportation, especially during times of widespread economic dislocation such as the Great Depression. Today, the practice is forbidden by statute in all states in the U.S., though it is still practiced. In modern day usage, hopping a freight train is also known as "catching out" or "hopping out".
Many railroads take a strict view of people hopping freight trains, and employ railroad police, also known as "bulls", in an attempt to prevent the practice. Among other duties, railroad police are charged with preventing trespassing on railroad property, which includes freighthopping.
Hopping a freight train can be dangerous and even life-threatening. Freight trains are much faster and more secure than in the heyday of hoboing. Freighthoppers may face adverse weather conditions and develop dangerous symptoms such as frostbite and hypothermia. Additional hazards include being jostled off the train, arrested, or attacked by another hobo. It is reported that a large percentage of modern-day hobos are ex-cons, and violence is not uncommon among the transient population.
The background image is a photograph of Earnest Hemingway hopping a train in 1916.

BE SURE TO REHIDE THE
CACHE AS WELL OR BETTER
THAN YOU FOUND IT.

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