Off the rails - meaning?

[+jmbillings]

I've seen a few cache listings with this title (rather like "off your trolley" and "motorway mayhem" but I can't seem to see one with a description of what it means. My reason for asking is that I have had an idea for a series of caches along the path of a disused railway and wondered if I ought to be classing them under this title or not to keep things neat!

[+Father Jack]

" of your trolley" are caches set in or near supermarkets.

"motorway mayhem" are caches set in or near motorway service stations.

 

You could name your caches along this theme but I don't think anyone would mind of you name them what ever you like.

[+Simply Paul]

"motorway mayhem" are caches set in or near motorway service stations.

I'd say junctions. 'Off The Rails' sounds a fine idea to me. A better one that 'A-Road Anarchy' anyway

[+minsterley]

We started a couple of caches on disused railway lines with the name 'leaves on the line' since the tracks had long since disappeared!

[+John Stead]

There are or have been at least two "End of the Line" caches, the ones I know were located on or near bridge abutments where the actual bridge had gone - and so the line could go no further!

The variation in one case was that part one of the cache was on one side of the river and the other a long way round if you were not amphibious.

Edited September 8, 2007 by John Stead

[+jmbillings]

All sound good - I think the wife had a few ideas too, so I guess we don't need to worry too much what we call it/them!

 

Thanks everyone

[+The Klever Boys]

There's already a similarly-named cache here:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...78-012b2f7810c6

[+Bill D (wwh)]

Here are a few with railway-related names which I've done, but they're all by working railway lines, and the last is actually on the station.

 

On the other side of the track

The trains at Sprey Point

Torre Station

[+jmbillings]

I reckon we've decided to go with "Derailed"... as that's what the land now is!

[+L8HNB]

Perhaps a bit late, but there is a series just started up in Worcestershire called "SideTracked...." by schnarff & bikermel76, our local one is GC15082 but there are others. Its like the "Motorway Mayhem" series but based on using stations.

 

Good luck with it anyway,

 

L&H

[+milvus-milvus]

There are some "off the rails" caches around here where the theme seems to be Garden Centres - I'm not sure I understand...

 

And Dan used to have a cache called "Derailed" near Mursley - though it is now archived.

[+jmbillings]

There are some "off the rails" caches around here where the theme seems to be Garden Centres - I'm not sure I understand...

 

I saw those when doing my looking-up - couldn't quite work it out either!

 

I saw the Sidetracked one in Stratford (but unfortunately didn't get round to doing it), however mine aren't necessarily near a station so I decided not to go with that one.

 

Did a bit of scouting yesterday and found a couple of locations. I'm probably going to go for 3 in the series plus a final bonus involving collecting some info from the first 3 to complete...

[+Delta68]

There's also the 'Station to Station' series by Team Balders

Edited September 10, 2007 by Delta68

[+keehotee]

And the "Gone but not Forgotten" railway series down here by Wheelybarrow

[+pklong]

And the "Gone but not Forgotten" railway series down here by Wheelybarrow

 

Don't forget the TramRider series by John + Carol in Nottingham

[+perth pathfinders]

There are a series of caches in Angus (Scotland) called 'Trails from Rails' which have proved to be very popular!