I bet you would never guess
that Salem has an active subway today!! Well after you figure out
this puzzle you still may still keep guessing.
Subways don't always mean railroads underground, although this
cache will take you very near a railroad. The more generic term of
subway just means subterranean passage. The cache is near a
particular one that was built in 1936 in cooperation with the
Southern Pacific Railroad, US Bureau of Public Roads and the Oregon
State Highway Commission (now ODOT).
Okay, now to figure out the coordinates for the cache! As you may
have figured out, I am a bit of a subway fan. This puzzle cache
will let you in to my other hobby a bit. Who knows, maybe it will
help you ride a subway someday! All the answers can be found on the
Internet, you will need some map reading skills to figure out most
of these questions. Then some math is involved.
The Coords are: N44 AB.CDE W123 FG.HIJ. So Here We
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| I grew up in NY, all the the follow
questions can be found by looking at a NY Subway Map!!
a) I went to Manhattan College on the #1
Line. The school is located at the northern terminal of the #1
(hint: in the Bronx)
- Take the street
number of this station, subtract 17 then divide by 45: This
equals A
b) I grew up in Brooklyn. My Dad would take
the subway to work in Manhattan. We lived near the F Line. He would
normally board at Avenue I, but sometimes he would use the station
one stop north of Ave I
- Take the street
number of this station and subtract 11 from it: This
equals B
c) This station in Manhattan is one of the
busiest. The following subway transfers can be made here:
1,2,3,7,A,C,E,N,Q,R,W,S. Think Ball Drop.
- Take this station's
street number, divide by 3, then subtract 7: This equals
C
d) The longest subway line in NY is the A
line. It runs from northern Manhattan to the Rockaways in Queens.
Some A trains take you a former amusement park spot.
- Take the street
number of the "park" terminal of the A/H line divide by 4, then
subtract 21: This equals D
e) One of the most crowded subway routes in
Manhattan is the Lexington Ave Line. It is the only north-south
subway on Manhattan's East side, at least until the 2nd Ave Subway
is opened (which is not for many years)
- There are 3 subway
line serving the "green" Lexington Ave Line. Add up these 3
numbers, then subtract 6: This equals E
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| Okay, enough NY stuff, there are
subways all around the US and the world.
f) The Washington DC Metro is a great show
piece system with wonderful stations. It is also the 2nd busiest
subway in the US.
- The "hub" station
is ______ ______ where the Red, Blue & Orange Lines
converge. Count the letters in this station (no spaces). Then
subtract 11: This equals F
g) Chicago has a great system with elevated
lines in the downtown loop in addition to Subways. Chicago is also
a Baseball town with the White Sox and Cubs both served by the
north-south Red Line
- The Red Line stop
for the White Sox ball park is called Sox-XX. XX is the street
number. Take that number and divide by 7, then subtract 5. This
equals G
h) San Francisco has the famous BART system
with what was considered futuristic trains when it first opened in
1972. The hub of the system is really in Oakland which funnels
trains into SF.
- The Oakland City
Center transfer station also has a street number. Take that number
and subtract 5. This equals H
i) Lets go to Europe: Paris, what a
beautiful city, with a fantastic metro network. You are never more
then 600 yards from a metro stop.
- Take the highest
numbered line and divide by 2: This equals I
j) The Final Question: Tokyo is well known
for its packed subways and commuter trains, complete with pushers
to cram more people on the trains. It is a very complex
system!
- There are actually
2 subway systems, The Tokyo Metro and the TOEI system. How many
lines does ONLY the TOEI system operate, then add 1: This Equals
J
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