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Schenectady's Engine That Could Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 8/7/2005
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Here is an example of the productivity of Schenectady: Alco SR-3 train engine # 229.

Before I forget: this one is BRING YOUR OWN PENCIL

Finally, it's a Tenebrus cache that's not a devious micro. At least, it wasn't meant to be. Perhaps that's because PumpkinEve helped me hid this one. Keep in mind that it is a film canister hidden somewhere at the small alcove park that houses a nicely decorated Schenectady-built SR-3 train engine. As the sign suggests, you should not have to climb on the trains. (Why is the sign plural when there is only one train... your guess is as good as mine.)

I would recommend that this cache be a nice timely diversion from beginning the nearby A Prime Location cache should muggles be milling about at its part one. So try that one first, and then decide if you need a nice stalling tactic.

About the train itself: Alco made a majority of its diesel-electric RS-3 engines from 1950 to 1956 in Auburn, NY. However, certain units, including this one (according to local claim), were built right in the heart of Schenectady. (This particular unit was in commission from June 1953 to March 1968). For more information on the general model, go here. However, for a specific view of where the cache is hidden, look somewhere in here, a picture hosted at http://www.gngoat.org/diesels.htm.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh zvtug syvc lbhe yvq bire guvf bar. Xrrc va zvaq... abg zntargvp, vg'f n svyz pnavfgre.

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)