The following information was copied from the Palmerston North Model Engineering Club’s flyer:
“The Marriner Reserve Railway is located on Marriner Street adjacent to the south corner of Monrad Park. Trains run (weather permitting) on the 1st and 3rd Sundays each month, between 1-4pm in the summer and 1-3pm in the winter.
Passengers are carried in order to raise funds for future improvements to the infrastructure and give the locomotives a chance to demonstrate their capabilities by transporting loads.
The railway runs on a multi-gauge ground level track. It is 480m long with three gauges, 3 ½ “, 5” and 7 ¼ “. There are seven sets of electrically operated points and working signals control the realistic running of a block system railway. Three bridges, a water tower, steaming bays, traverser, a turntable and station, all add to the realistic atmosphere.
The club owns six gondola type passenger trolleys with automatic vacuum brakes. They hold four adults or up to eight children.
Club members build and run steam, diesel and electric locomotives. The club also owns its own 0-4-0 diesel outline engine and an F7 American Loco which are used when required.
Locomotion is held every year in early March and is a rally for running locomotives from other clubs around New Zealand. This is a great time for the public to come to the park as this is a busy time with many trains running, and passengers make a railway.”
The cache is not at the published co-ordinates which lead you to the entry to the Reserve.
You will find the cache at S 40 21.ABC, E 175 35.DEF
To solve the co-ordinates you will need to find the following information:
A = The third digit in the year of Compton’s Crossing
B = Number of letters in the station name minus 3
C = Number of electric points plus the number of bridges minus the middle digit in the length of the track
D = The number of gondola passenger trolleys owned by the club divided by 2
E = How many children can ride on a gondola?
F = The number of steaming bays minus the number of tunnels.
Please be sure to place the cache back exactly where you find it.