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Mansfield Depot Train Trestle LbNA #1661

Owner:yakkman
Plant date:Apr 29, 2003
Location:
City:Mansfield Depot
County:Tolland
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Found by: Nairon
Last found:Apr 21, 2018
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFOF
Last edited:Oct 29, 2016
Rated : Easy Short walk
Planted By: Leader of the Pack & Cowboy

Mansfield 300th Anniversary Series

Taking Rte 44 into Mansfield you bump over the tracks and turn in at the Depot restaurant. (This restaurant has since burned down but the caboose remains as does the large red sign with a train on it.) Drive out back along the gravel road and park out of the way. There are other boxes in the Depot you could get to, White grape and Rub a Dub Dub are on this trail. Gather your supplies watch your kids and dog ,the tracks here are still used. We saw a train when we went here, heard the rumble of the engine and the earth shake with its power. Look to pick up the white trail and follow it down the hill.

Long ago in Mansfield, the Depot was the heart beat; the booming University and the State training school had regular deliveries. One item that came by train was coal to heat the buildings. Imagine lines of horses and wagons and later trucks lining up here for their turn to haul the precious fuel away. It was a several mile trip and the roads were rough in spring , fall and winter. Down the hill the teamsters came backing their rig under the great trestle.The trestle is no longer in use. But watch as you climb the hill for the gravel road is gray with years of coal dust. When you get to the trestle count your way to the ninth bay. Follow the right wall around the bump out and toward the back. Under some black tar your treasure is hidden. Stamp privately and re-hide well so others may enjoy. As always have fun and be safe.