About Railway Relic Caches
This cache belongs to the Railway Relic series. It is a series of caches to recognize the history and heritage of the Newfoundland railway, and to demonstrate that if you look hard enough, there are remnants to be found and explored.
Railway Relic caches are intended to provide quick Cache-and-dashes, but also more difficult hides, all with reasonable access from the railbeds. A bookmark list of Railway Relic caches can be found at https://coord.info/BMBG3CX
About Railway Relic - Boxcar Roof with a Catwalk
I was going to call this cache 'Ryans Brook Falls - 200 meters to go!', when I stumbled upon the steel roofs of several old freight cars, and the catwalks mounted on top.
My Dad had a business very close to the railway back when I was a kid. In fact, I spent several summers onloading Goods from freight cars, baking in the heat in temperatures up to 120°F.
Still we managed to have some fun. My brother and I, would hide in the partially unloaded cars when the train came, for the ride while the engine shunted the cars, dropping off loaded cars, and taking away those already emptied of their goods.
May have some familiarity with these catwalks that were atop your average freight car as well. Maybe I was up there once or twice, lol! I remember the Stationmaster, Nazar ordering we down, and shouting that he'd tell my Dad if he caught me up there again! Lol! (Nice man, he never did!)
Now the cache!
It is currently August month, and it hasn't rained worthwhile in a month or two. The rocky stream bed is trail for the most part today. Not accesible in winter, likely dangerous during Spring thaw or after heavy rain. Best done in a long dry summer!
Hiding a Railway Relic Cache
Why not place your own Railway Relic cache? It's easy, and a great introduction to hiding caches! All you need is a container (you can use whatever you like, as long as it's waterproof!) a log, a pencil, and a location of a railway relic! Hey, maybe the series will spread across the province or to defunct railways across the country!
Tell us about your Cache
You MUST e-mail us to let us know when your Cache has been published, then we can ensure the bookmark lists are updated quickly.
Naming your Cache
When naming your Cache, please use the following convention; "Railway Relic - Cache/Relic Name".
Following this naming ensures that we can pick up your cache into our stats, and helps other users to search for Railway Relic caches too. Caches which don't meet the guidelines below will unfortunately not be eligible to join the series bookmark lists.
i.e.
- Railway Relic is two words, with one space, capital R and R
- Follow this with (space)-(space)
- Follow the hyphen with the name of the cache or relic
- Example naming convention: Railway Relic - Brigus Junction (http://coord.info/GC9Z3MD)
Caches at former railway stations can alternately be published as a part of the British SideTracked Series, the inspiration for this series. Information for that series can be found at; https://www.sidetrackedseries.info
Railway Relic Series page information
(Block, Copy & Paste the entire Description of this cache)
You will then have to update the second section, Railway Relic - 'Your Cache', inserting the name of your cache, the description and add any photos.