Tokyo Trolley Traditional Cache
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The best way to get to this cache is going past the elementry school. This is a gravel and dirt road. The road is not maintained.
This cache gets it's name from WWII activites that took place in this area.
The Tokyo Trolley was a significant part of World War II. It was part of the training area for the Wendover Army Airbase.
With the entrance of the United States into World War II, Wendover Field began to take on greater importance. For much of the war the installation was the Army Air Forces' only bombing and gunnery range. Heavy bomber crews from all over the country converged on the burgeoning airfield for training before being assigned to overseas bases. A mock enemy city was constructed near the mountains on the base using salt from the nearby Bonneville Salt Flats. This made a fine practice target for the many bomber crews, as did the life-sized enemy battleships and other targets elsewhere on the range. Many of the targets were even electrically illuminated for night practice. Various machine gun ranges allowed gunners to either fire at moving targets from stationary gun emplacements or fire at stationary targets from three machine guns mounted on a railroad car moving along a section of track at up to 40 miles per hour (Wendover's famous "Tokyo Trolley"). Wendover's realistic challenges for aerial gunners and bombardiers caused them to become the best trained in the world.
What you will see when you go to this area are the remains of the Trolley (cement tracks inside a dirt berm area), some cement fox holes, cement bases that look like they possibly held turrets to practice shooting from and some cement foundations. Also some pyramid shaped cement blocks that possibly held targets. This covers several hundred acres. The track inside the berm at one time had a railroad rail between the cement tracks that a jeep was hooked to and then it would move around the track with a target on top and the gunners would shoot at it from the cement fox holes and other areas.
You can see pictures of this area at the Operations center at the Wendover airport. (The white building next to the orange tower)Also there is some information at the visitors center in West Wendover, Nevada.
Disregard the name on the cache container. Don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that.
The cache contains
Golf Ball
CD/DVD opener
Neopet card
Carabiner
Marti Gra Beads
Wind Chime
Kids sunglasses
Travel Bug "Destroyer" who traveled all the way from Indiana to be in this cache. (This seemed an appropriate place for him to see)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Sebz gur gbc bs gur uvyy ba gur jrfg lbh pna ybbx npebff naq frr gur pnir hfrq va gur zbivr "Gur Pber".
Treasures
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