brdad: After just under 11 years (10 years, 11 months, 3 weeks, 4 days to be exact), the bittersweet time has come to archive this cache. Old 470 has been purchased by New England Steam and a fence is being erected around the train so they can perform preventive maintenance until the funds and time come to hopefully bring this local icon back to operating condition. Anyone wishing to contribute to or read more about the restoration efforts are encouraged to visit their web site http://www.newenglandsteam.org/ and/or their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/NewEnglandSteam.
I would like to thank all the cachers who chose to search for this cache over the years and all of the stories and great comments that were shared. It seems to have been a memorable cache for several cachers.
New England Steam has offered to return the cache to me and at that time I will inventory the cache to see if any of the travel bugs listed as being in the cache are still there.
Thanks again!