Trading Post (Spirit Tracks)

The Trading Post is a location in Spirit Tracks. It is situated in the southeast corner of the Forest Realm, serving as the home to Linebeck III and the resting place of his grandfather, Linebeck.

Overview
Link is forced to make a stop at the Trading Post after he sees that the bridge leading to the Ocean Realm is broken. Here, he meets Linebeck III, owner of a trading company and the only resident of the whole station. Linebeck III explains that the reason for the bridge being broken is due to the storms that have ravaged the area, and while he was meaning to call a bridge worker, he is more worried about the Spirit Tracks disappearing since it is affecting his business. He then realizes that Link is a train engineer and asks him to bring a bridge worker so that they may both continue with their own business. After the young hero brings the bridge worker from the Snow Realm, he will offer to fix it for 5,000 Rupees, which includes fee of the work he did to Linebeck's house. The trading company owner refuses to pay the bill, so the burden of paying the repair fee befalls Link, who Linebeck is quickly to blame it on. The bridge worker then mentions that he does not care who pays him as long as the money is ready by the time the bridge is done.

When Link goes to talk to Linebeck, he mentions that his grandfather left him a note on how to find a high-valued treasure, known as the Regal Ring, that he hid somewhere in the Trading Post. Linebeck III hasn't been able to figure out the riddle, so he hands over the note to Link in hopes that he may find the 8,000-Rupee treasure and thus pay off the bridge fee.

To the left of Linebeck's house is a small cave that is infested with Like Likes. After passing through the cave, the young hero will find himself in the back portion of the Trading Post, which is where the grave of Linebeck's grandfather is located. Past the graveyard is a Sound Stone where Link can learn the Song of Light and, after Link plays it, the stone will blast off to reveal a light switch beneath it. Link must then hit another switch with the Boomerang in the direction that the light is pointing to in order to make a small bridge appear that connects to a small island off the station. Once Link crosses the bridge and bombs the wall to reveal another cave, the young hero must play the "Song of Light" on the two light switches and play the Song of Discovery four stone tiles north and six stone tiles west to reveal a treasure chest containing the Regal Ring.

After Link shows the ring to Linebeck, the Bridge Worker will jump in to the conversation and take the rare treasure as a payment. From here on out, Link can bring and sell any treasure to Linebeck, and if he has enough treasure, he can also trade it for new train parts.

Force Gems
If Link brings five units of Dark Ore from the Dark Ore Mine in the Fire Realm to Linebeck, he will reward the young hero with a Force Gem that restores the Spirit Tracks in the Ocean Realm, thus opening the Lost at Sea Station.