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This cache belongs to the SideTracked series. It is not designed to take you to a magical place with a breath taking view. It's a distraction for the weary traveller, but anyone else can go and find it too. More Information can be found at the SideTracked Website
Lidlington railway station was opened in 1846 by the Bedford Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 Grouping. The station passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
Lidlington station had a station building, one of four of the same design that are unique to this line. The station building is in a half-timbered Gothic Revival style that had been insisted upon by the 7th Duke of Bedford for stations close to the Woburn Estate. The station building is now a private home.
The station's two platforms once faced each other, either side of the double tracks. Like some other stations on this line, this has since been modified to have staggered platforms either side of the level crossing in order to reduce the time the barriers spend down.
At the published coordinates you will find a grey cabinet, directly next to a floodlighting pylon. The cabinet has three signs or plaques on it's front.
The cache can be found at: N 52 02.ABC W 0 33.DEF
where:
A = the number of letters in the fifth word of the middle plaque
B = the number of puctuation marks on the middle plaque
C = the number of words on the middle line of the middle plaque
D = the number of letters in the word written in the largest font on the bottom plaque
E = the digit which appears most frequently on the top plaque
F = the total number of rivets on the top two plaques
Checksum: 45