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New York Central Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/15/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Park at the above coordinates. This cache is easy to find, but you will have to do some historical research on the New York Central Railway which is now a recreational fitness trail between Embrun and Russell. You will have to find a few historical dates to get the final coordinates to the cache. Find the year the line became operational then add 14473 to it, this will give you N 45 xx.xxx. Then find the year the line was abandoned then add 15551 to it, this will give you W075.yy.yyy and the position of the cache. Google New York Central Embrun, there are quite a few sites with the answers. Cache is a Peanut butter jar Contents: Log book, pencil, sharpener, 2 railway carts, 1 pedometer, 3 erasers, 3 township of Russell pins, 1 Canada Flag pin, 2 Air Canada pins, Assorted coins from France, England, Portugal and USA.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab genvaf gb jbeel nobhg gurfr qnlf, whfg n ybg bs Trbzhttyrf. Ybbx qbja!

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)