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Hidden : 9/13/2010
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Terrain:
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Geocache Description:

SK: Keska vas zavedie na koniec zeleznicnej trate Zohor - Plavecky Mikulas.
EN: This cache will bring you to the end of the local railway Zohor - Plavecky Mikulas.



Trat

Trat bola postavena ako cast Bratislavskej zupnej miestnej zeleznice spolu s tratou Zohor - Zahorska Ves. Prevadzka na trati sa zacala 15.11.1911.
Trat vedie pomerne nenarocnym terenom Zahorskej niziny na upati Malych Karpat. Usek Zohor - Rohoznik bol v polovici 70-tych rokov modernizovany kvoli vystavbe cementarne v Rohozniku, vdaka ktorej sa podstatne zvysill objem nakladnej dopravy. Charakter pravej miestnej trate ma az koncovy usek so stanicami Solosnica a Plavecky Mikulas. V roku  2005 bola osobna doprava na tejto trati definitivne zastavena.

Nerealizovane Malokarpatske zeleznice
Viedenska arbitraz (1938) a aktualne politicke vztahy vo vtedajsej Europe si vynutili novy pohlad na zeleznicnu siet na Slovensku. Arbitrazou neprislo Slovensko iba o rozsiahle uzemia, ale aj o 930km zeleznic. Prerusili sa viacere trate, zeleznicne spojenia hlavneho mesta akoby ktosi obstrihal noznicami. Z piatich trati Petrzalska pripadla Nemeckej risi, trate na Zitny ostrov a Sturovo pripadli Madarsku. Trat smerom na Kuty smerovala do protektoratu Ciech a Moravy. Slovenskym smerom ostala iba jedina, ta najstarsia, este jednokolajna smerom na Trnavu. Jedinym smerom umoznujucim alternativne spojenie bola druha strana Malych Karpat. Ponukalo sa vyuzitie existujucej trate Zohor - Plavecky Mikulas. Tato trat z roku 1911 mala celkom 35km. Dalsou vyuzitelnou tratou bola trat Jablonica - Brezova pod Bradlom - Myjava.
Dostavba trate predpokladala vyslednu trasu Bratislava - Zohor - Plavecky Mikulas - Jablonica, Brezova pod Bradlom - Myjava - Nove Mesto nad Vahom. Ako prva zacala priprava trate Plavecky Mikulas - Jablonica. Realizacia stavby zacala v roku 1943, do konca vojny sa realizovalo 40% zemnych prac. Aj po vojne sa vo vystavbe pokracovalo, no rozhodnutim Ministerstva Narodnej obrany z roku 1947 prestala byt stavba naliehava z hladiska obrany statu a vsetky prace na stavbe sa zastavili. Aj napriek tomu ze trat nebola dostavana, bolo vybudovanych mnozstvo podpornych objektov - 16 podjazdov, 14 priepustov pre vodotoky, 17 rurovych priepustov pod cestami, ...
V 70-tych a 80-tych rokoch boli navrhy na dostavbu trate vzhladom na blizkost cementarky, no tieto snahu neboli uspesne. Je zaujimave, ze v Nariadeni vlady z 8.1.2003 sa uvazovalo o dostavbe zeleznice.

Keska

Suradnice kesky vas dovedu k budove byvalej vyhrevne. V dobe parnych lokomotiv bola vyhrevna potrebna na vecerne osetrenie lokomotivy - doplnenie vody, uhlia, odpopolnenie, premazanie a uloznenie na noc :)
Kedze trat sa od roku 2005 nepouziva, cele okolie je spustnute a zarastene, preto ku keske pristupujte opatrne.

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English:
Track
Railway was built as a part of Bratislava regional railway together with track Zohor - Zahorska Ves. Operation on this track starts on November 15th, 1911.
Track leads through soft terrain of Zahorska lowland below the Small Carpathian mountains. Because of cement factory construction, the track between Zohor and Rohoznik was modernized in 70's. Real local character has this track only between stations Solosnica and Plavecky Mikulas. In year 2005 was personal traffic on this railway closed.

Unfinished railways under Small Carpathians
Vienna arbitration (1938) and actual political situation in Europe leads to reassessment of railway routes. Slovakia lost 930km of tracks, and only connection of Bratislava with other Slovak cities leads through old one-track railway to Trnava. Decission was made to continue with track Zohor - Plavecky Mikulas with direction to Jablonica, and connection to track Jablonica - Brezova pod Bradlom - Myjava. The whole track was planned from Bratislava through Zohor, Plavecky Mikulas, Jablonica, Myjava to Nove Mesto nad Vahom.
Construction started in 1943 with terrain works. Until end of the WW2 was made 40% of these works. Until 1947 was also built many infrastructure objects, including 16 underpasses, 14 water outlets and 17 pipe outlets under the roads. Ministry of  Nation Defense made decission to stop works on this railway in year 1947.
In 70's and 80's was attempts to continue with construction because of cement factory in Rohoznik, but was not successfull. Also in 2003 was a discussion regarding continue of works on this railway.

Cache
Cache coordinates leads you to old building of train depot. In steam era was this building used for evening care of locomotives, filling with water and coal, removing the ash and lubrication with oil.
As this track is out of use from 2005, surroundings is overgrowned, so keep attention.

Zdroje:
http://www.vlaky.net/servis/trat.asp?id=3
http://www.vlaky.net/zeleznice/spravy/001720-S-M262007-do-Plaveckeho-Podhradia.asp ... obsahuje aj video s prejazdom trate Zohor -  Plavecky Mikulas v roku 2007
http://www.railnet.sk/view.php?cisloclanku=2007120002 ... info a foto vyhrevne

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zntargvp

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)