To find the final location you will need to note the six digits on fourth line of the plaque.
A = the day the train arrived.
B = the day the train left
CDEF = the year
The cache is located at:
N40 12.(B-A)(F-A)(F-B) W74 01.C(F-B)C
Verify your answer:
Check sum: North = 15 West = 14
Warning, history lesson below ... you might learn something!
On this site, the American Freedom Train stopped of several days in honor the two hundredth anniversary of the United States. Billed as a stop in Asbury Park, the physical location is technically Bradly Beach.
Ross Rowland, Jr., a New York commodities broker and railroad steam engineer, had the idea to help celebrate the Bicentennial with a traveling exhibition of artifacts from two hundred years of American history. The result was the steam powered American Freedom Train, filled with over five hundred treasures of Americana. The twenty-five car train carried such artifacts as George Washington’s copy of the Constitution, the original Louisiana Purchase, Judy Garland’s dress from “The Wizard of Oz”, Joe Frazier’s boxing trunks, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s pulpit and robes, and a rock from the moon. From April 1, 1975 until December 31, 1976, more than seven million Americans visited the train during the tour of all forty eight contiguous states. Tens of millions more stood trackside to see the train go by. On Labor Day weekend, 1976, the train, whose cars were painted red, white and blue, was parked at the Bradley Beach/Neptune siding. There was always a line to get in to see the pieces of our American history. Inside the train, visitors stood on a moving walkway that took them past the cases of memorabilia.
The train's tour through New Jersey included: Morristown in July, Newark, New Brunswick, & Trenton during the month of August, Asbury Park Atlantic City, in September.
The Freedom Train's fleet consisted of 26-cars and three newly restored steam locomotives. The first to pull the train was former Reading Company 4-8-4 #2101. The second was former Southern Pacific 4449, a large 4-8-4 steam locomotive that is still operating in special excursion service today. The third was former Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 #610, which pulled the train in Texas. While on tour, the train consisted of 10 display cars and an engine.
The train's tour began April 1, 1975 in Wilmington, Delaware. From there, it traveled northeast to New England, west through Pennsylvania, Ohio to Michigan, then around Lake Michigan to Illinois and Wisconsin. From the Midwest, the tour continued westward, zigzagging across the plains to Utah and then up to the Pacific Northwest. From Seattle, Washington, the tour then traveled south along the Pacific coast to southern California. The train and crew spent Christmas 1975 in Pomona, California, decorating the locomotive with a large profile of Santa Claus on the front of the smokebox above the front coupler. For 1976, the tour continued from southern California eastward through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, then turned north to visit Kansas and Missouri before traveling through the Gulf Coast states and then north again to Pennsylvania. The tour continued southeast to New Jersey then south along the Atlantic coast before finally ending December 26, 1976 in Miami, Florida. The last visitor went through the train December 31, 1976.
Map of AFT route
This cache is certified Central Jersey!
