Virtsu railway embankment / Virtsu raudteetamm Traditional Cache
Hidden : 5/21/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


[ENG] The Estonian narrow gauge network based at Tallinn was built by the First Russian Supply Railway Company. After the First World War the Estonian State Railways (EVR) took over the narrow gauge lines. In the following years it opened five new narrow gauge lines, increasing the length of the network up to 660 km.
Rapla - Virtsu line, in total length of 96 km, was opened 1931. The main closure programme of narrow gauge railways began in 1968. In that year the branch line from Rapla to Virtsu was closed also.
Especially noteworthy is Virtsu railway embankment, which passed 500 m through the bay of Rame. Here is the cache hidden.

[EST] Esimesed sõnumid kavandatavast Hermeti-Virtsu raudteest ilmusid ajakirjanduses juba 1917. aastal (Hermeti või ka Härmeti vaksal nimetati Raplaks ümber 1. novembril 1922). Kitsaroopaline liin oleks kulgenud Märjamaa kaudu "Wirtsu randa". Plaanidest tookord siiski tegudeni ei jõutud. Tolleaegseid vaateid esindab kellegi A. artikkel Kodumaa teede küsimuse ümber ajakirjas "Eesti raudtee" 1926/12: "Uus Läänemaa raudtee on juba ette teada kahjulik ekspluateerimiseks, ja ei tasu end ära, aga millegi pärast tahetakse teda siiski ehitada (!?). Kuna sel raudteel mingit strateegilist tähtsust ei ole ja tema kasutamine ei tasu ehituse kulusid, siis oleks otse mõtetu teda ehitama hakata. [...] Kui need 500 miljoni marka, mis tahetakse Läänemaa raudtee peale osalt otse maha visata, äratarvitada Läänemaa maanteede kordaseadmiseks, siis oleks elanikkudel sellest palju enam kasu, kui raudtee ehitusest."

Erilist märkimist väärib Virtsu kivitamm, mis läbis 500 m ulatuses Rame lahte. Siia ongi peidetud aare.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[ENG] cevpxyrf [EST] gbetvo

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)


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