The beloved and historic Clamshell Railroad transported people, oysters, cranberries and more up and down the Long Beach Peninsula before there were paved roads! Known as the train that ran by the tide table, not by the time table, retrace the whistle stops and learn about the early days of transportation out here at the "end of the road".
The cache has been hidden with permission from the business owners. Please do not block their customer parking or damage their landscaping! The building at the posted waypoint is the original structure and location of the Clamshell's Seaview stop.
Seaview and nearby Holman were primarily populated with rustic cabins as well as larger homes -- summer cottages and majestic homes owned by wealthy families from Portland, Olympia and Seattle. Many mothers and children spent their entire summers here, all eagerly awaiting the arrival of the "Daddy Train" on Friday evenings as fathers made the long trek from the big cities to enjoy weekends with their families.They all relied on the same form of transportation, the Clamshell Railroad, to transport them to the Megler stop and on to the ferry that crossed the river to Astoria.
Photo courtesy of Stony Point Pictures