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The Railway Age Traditional Cache

Hidden : 3/30/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This hunt will bring you alongside a busy railway route.   If you're lucky, you may coordinate your timing with one of these iron horses.


Trains are cool.

Our modern rail network is something we take for granted, but stop and consider it's early beginnings.  The first locomotive in North America was actually shipped to Boston from England in 1829.    Rail transportation was not introduced in Canada until fifteen and one half miles of track were laid in Montreal in 1836.  By 1850, there was still only sixty miles of rail lines but over the next ten years, another 2000 miles of track were laid as the rail age developed.  In 1854-55 the Great Western Railway was completed though Port Credit and Clarkson, connecting Toronto and Hamilton. As a faster and more efficient form of transportation, railways were responsible for the economic development of export industries in the 1850’s and 1860’s. The railway allowed farmers, millers and local industries who were situated along the railroad to send their produce and goods to Toronto and beyond, resulting in the expansion of business. Two other railways were built through Toronto Township: the Grand Trunk Railway in 1854-56, which allowed Malton to develop into a major wheat exporting centre, and the Credit Valley Railway in 1878, which was built through Erindale and Streetsville.

 

The cache is not located on railway property. Under no circumstances should you go beyond the fence

CONGRATULATIONS to QTEEEE on being the First to Find!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

srapr cbfg

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)