The cache is located near an area used to load railcars with logs that have been transported from the nearby hillsides with logging trucks. If you are travelling north from Gold River, the reload is about 600 metres past the cache location and across a nearby bridge.
The reload is located on the last operating logging railroad in North America. This reload is one of four similar facilities along a rail line that stretches from Vernon Camp to Beaver Cove, a distance of about 90 km. The other reloads are located at Vernon Camp, Woss, and a place known as “Camp A”.
The railroad was first constructed in 1917 to transport logs from the lower Nimpkish Valley to a sawmill at Beaver Cove. Over the years the railroad was expanded, and by 1957 the line was extended to Vernon Camp. The entire length of the railroad is still being used today. Several shorter spur lines have been deactivated over the years, with many of them being converted to hiking trails.
Steam locomotives were the first train engines used on these rails. Engine #113 was operational as part of a tourist railroad in the 1990s, but is now on static display at the railway's shop in Woss. Another steam locomotive, #112, is on display in Beaver Cove.
The cache site is located near an active logging road, so please drive with caution and pull well off to the side of the road when meeting heavy logging equipment. There is plenty of room near the cache site to safely pull off and park your vehicle.