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Railroad Lingo Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 1/19/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES!!

To solve this puzzle, you will need to look up the Railroad Lingo. To find the final coordinates you need to match up the name up with the denotation below. (example: Grease Monkey – Car oiler – 0)

 

N    XX     XX.XXX

W   XXX   XX.XXX

 

N     Dogcatchers, End Man      Dogcatchers, Hay. End Mad, Grease Monkey, Ball of Fire

W    Grease Monkey, Barn, Barn        Merry-go-Round, Bull. Clown, End Man, Zoo Keeper

 

1. Switchman or yard brakeman.

2. Turntable

3. Rear brakeman on freight train.

4. Crew sent out to relieve another that has been outlawed-that is, overtaken on the road by the sixteen-hour law, which is variously known as dog law, hog law, and pure-food law.

5.  Fast run

6. Sleep on the job; any kind of sleep. Caboose was sometimes called hay wagon

7. Railroad policeman. Also called flatfoot or gumshoe, but the distinctive railroad terms are cinder dick and 'bo chaser.

8. Locomotive roundhouse, so-called from the building in which streetcars are housed.

9. Gate tender at passenger station.

0. Car oiler

 

 

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