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Rock Island cache Multi-Cache

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Cathy: Archiving at request of property owner. Please remove the containers as soon as possible.

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Hidden : 8/23/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Abandoned Rock Island Railroad bridge

The coordinates will take you to a micro cache with coordinates to the big cache.
 
I can remember when I was a kid and having the Rock Island train crew come into the small town of Murdock to switch cars at the elevator.  It might not sound like much, but when you grew up in a town of 250 people watching a train come into town a couple times a week was pure excitement to a 7 year old!
 
Eventually the railroad shut down the line and pulled out all the tracks.  Most of the line has been converted into a "rails to trails" for bikers and hikers, but some of the line has been totally forgotten about.
 
This cache site will take you to one of these forgotten sites.
 
A little hiking and climbing but kids wont have any problem as long as they are supervised by an adult.
 
As I no longer live in the area, my parents said they will help me maintain and keep this cache fun and active which just proves you're never too old to need your mom and dad.  Thanks Mom and Dad!
 
If you are having trouble with this cache, please email me for a hint.  If you still can't find it I will go out and check on it.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur zvpeb pna or frra sebz gur oenxrzna'f cbvag bs ivrj.

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)