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(Kratka multikes, vhodna jako ukraceni pulhodinky pri cekani na vlak.)

CZ: Stara Paka 1972


"Od te doby, co jsem byl primym svedkem toho, jak ridic elektricke soupravy c. 15 pri jizde z kopce zjistil, ze brzdy nepracuji, ani kdyz jim domlouva, a odbehl se do vlecnaku poradit s kolegou co ted, aby nas pak prisel informovat do mezaninu cinzovniho domu, kde jsme mezitim pristali, ze uz dal nejede, abychom vystoupili a nezdrzovali dopravu, nebot obraci, jezdim elektrikou co mozna nejmene."

Tak takhle zacina legendarni povidka Simka a Grossmanna "Moje jizda tramvaji".Vtipna situace, pokud se jedna o smyslenou povidku. Pokud se ale presuneme z povidky do reality a z tramvaje na zeleznici, dostava tato situace desivy ramec.

Dne 15. cervna 1972 vyjel nakladni vlak cislo 7601 z nadrazi Horka u Stare Paky smerem k nadrazi Stara Paka. Vzdalenost techto dvou stanic je po kolejich pouhych 7.5km, ale kdyz se podivame na nadmorske vysky obou stanic, je tento usek necim vyjimecny. Horka u Stare Paky jsou v nadmorske vysce 494mnm, kdezto Stara Paka v pouhych 420.244 mnm. Prevyseni 74 metru na tak kratkem useku znamena prumerny sklon trati kolem 10 promile, coz je pro vlak sklon hodne nadprumerny.
Posadka nakladniho vlaku zahy zjistila, ze rychlost vlaku podezrele vzrusta a ze ucinek brzd nestaci na zvladnuti nalozene soupravy na takto klesajici trati. Jejich bezmoc a zoufalstvi muselo byt priserne. Posadka vlaku vsak nezpanikarila a vlak neopustila. Snazila se, aby rychlost vzrustala co mozna nejmene, protoze moc dobre vedeli, ze je ceka zaverecne klesani a zatacka na viadukt ve Stare Pace, za kterym je budova nadrazi a spousta nic netusicich lidi kolem. K jejich cti budiz, ze celou cestu az do Stare Paky vytrvale houkali a snazili se tak upozornit na svuj, jiz neovladatelny vlak.

Na nadrazi ve Stare Pace si vsimli bliziciho se houkajiciho vlaku a okamzite se snazili podniknout pripravne kroky pro bezpecny prujezd nakladniho vlaku nadrazim, aby nedoslo k ohrozeni lidi. Mezitim posadka nakladniho vlaku usoudila, ze vic jiz neni v jejich silach udelat a pred vjezdem do zatacky smerem k viaduktu z vlaku vyskocila. Hrozilo totiz, ze pokud vlak pri vysoke rychlosti vykoleji pred viaduktem, nebo na nem, spadne do hlubokeho udoli.
Vlak se ale i pres vysokou rychlost na kolejich udrzel a prejel stastne pres vysoky viadukt. Uz to vypadalo nadejne, ze bez problemu projede i kolem nadrazi a podari se ho zastavit za nadrazim, ale na prvnich vyhybkach jaromerskeho shlavi doslo k vykolejeni lokomotivy, ktera tim vybocila ze smeru volne prujezdni koleje a narazila do lokomotivy pripraveneho vlaku 4580, ktery stal na sousedni koleji.
Obe lokomotivy se do sebe zaklesly a vytvorily pevnou prekazku, o ktere se zacaly tristit nakladni vozy rozjeteho vlaku. Kineticka energie byla tak obrovska, ze vozy na sebe najizdely a vrstvily se na sebe do nekolika pater, ramy vozu se ohybaly jako by byly z vosku a ne z oceli. Nekolik vozu bylo vymrsteno az k hlavni budove nadrazi, kolem ktere bylo postaveno leseni kvuli oprave strechy. Leseni se zritilo a narazem zeleznicnich vozu byl proboren i roh budovy nadrazi. Stastnou shodou okolnosti nekolik okamziku pred proborenim zdi zamestnanci drah tuto mistnost opustili.

Behem nekolika vterin se z fungujiciho nadrazi stalo srotiste znicenych vlaku a rozbiteho nebo rozsypaneho nakladu. Skody vznikly obrovske, ale neskutecnym stestim bylo, ze pri tak velke nehode neprisel nikdo o zivot. Zraneni utrpeli pouze strojvedouci a pomocnik z nakladniho vlaku, kteri si ale diky vyskoceni za jizdy zachranili zivot.

Lepsi predstavu o rozsahu tragedie ziskate z nasledujicich fotografii porizenych po nehode.
Do mist, kde se toto odehralo vas privede nasledujici loveni teto kesky.



A ted jiz neco k vlastni kesce.
Jak je jiz u mych kesi zvykem, budou se vam pri odlovu hodit informace z listingu, takze doporucuji bud zapnout Vasi fotografickou pamet, nebo mit listing (staci bez fotek) s sebou. Kdo tuhle radu podceni, sice muze kes odlovit, ale zrejme ho budou bolet nohy a pripadne mu jeste ujede vlak.

Vychozi souradnice vas privedou jen na parkoviste, kde muzete odlozit sva ctyr i dvoukolova geozrychlovadla. Pak se vydejte kousek pesky na souradnice prvni stage:

STAGE 1:
N50° 30,986
E015° 29,139

Zde zjistite dve cisla, potrebna pro vypocet souradnic druhe stage.
A = .. najdete ho na zlutem policku umistenem na nejblizsim sloupu nizke lampy verejneho osvetleni.
B = .. najdete ho fasade nejblizsiho drazniho domku, pro znalce zeleznic "stavedla", cislo je uvedeno v rimskem tvaru.

STAGE 2:
N50° 30,(B+6/A)(3xB-A)(2xB-6+A)
E015° 29,(3xA-1)(2xB+A)(3xA-B)

Zde hledejte malou kes, velikosti mikro, v ktere jsou informace pro odlov finalky.
Pozor, jelikoz jste na frekventovanem nadrazi, nevstupujte zbytecne do kolejiste (neni to vubec potreba a zamestanci drah jsou na to haklivi). Pokud je v prostoru druhe stage rusno (treba pred prijezdem vlaku), radeji chvilku poseckejte, nez se dopravni situace zklidni. Dobre je se pri odlovu a navratu mikry maskovat fotakem a hrat si na pritele zeleznice a jako "lovit" zabery koleji a nadrazi.

UPOZORNENI + PROSBA: Pri odlovu mikry na Stage 2 a pri logovani finalky radeji vzdy kes vyzvednete a poodejdete na jine misto. Pokud by doslo k prozrazeni mista ukrytu, obtizne by se kes obnovovala. Preci jen se pohybujeme na verejnych prostranstvich a mudla zpravidla vzdy vykoukne za rohem, kdyz se to nejmin ceka, ze? Mikru prosim vracejte presne na stejne misto, odkud jste ji vyzvedli.
Pokud pri odlovu ulovite i nejaky zajimavy snimek a prilozite ho k logu, budu velmi potesen.


V kesi jsou pripraveny pametni karticky pro prvnich tricet nalezcu.
V kesi si take muzete opsat dvojici cisel, ktere budete potrebovat pro odlov bonusove kese "Vyhlidka na Paku - bonus cache (GC28JHB)".
Kese, ktere potrebujete pro ziskani vsech cisel pro bonus jsou ctyri:
1) Novopacke mosty - The bridges of Nova Paka (GC209CT)
2) Novopacky tunel - The Tunnel of Nova Paka (GC21M71)
3) Stara Paka 1972 (GC22DKM)
4) Valdov 1906 (GC21M5X)

Preji uspesny odlov.


Podekovani: Jane, za pomoc s korekci a testem listingu a za vzornou hlidku proti mudlum pri priprave v terenu, Kristyne, za preklad anglicke verze.

EN: Stara Paka 1972


It was 15th of June, 1972. The cargo train number 7601 departed from the station Horka u Stare Paky and continued in the direction to Stara Paka. A distance between those two stations is just 7,5 km, but there is quite big difference in the altitude. Station Horka is high 494 meters above sea level. Stara Paka Station is just 420,244 meters high. The degree of incline on this short passage is 74 meters – quite big for a train.
Soon the crew of the train realized that the speed of the train is rapidly raising and the brakes can’t manage the weigh of the cargo. Their hopelessness was huge. The crew however didn’t leave the train. They tried to limit the increasing speed because they knew that a final descent, a viaduct and a station full of people is coming soon. They hooted the whole time because they tried to warn about this uncontrollable train.
In the Stara Paka Station people noticed the hooting train and immediately tried to limited a danger. In the meanwhile the crew realized that there is nothing they can do and left the train before it reached the viaduct. There was a danger that the train derail on the viaduct and fall down into the deep walley.
The train however passed the viaduct without derailment. For a moment it seemed hopefully, but on the first switch in the station the train derailed and crashed into the locomotive of train number 4580 on the next rail. Vagons of the cargo train started to smashed. A kinetic energy was so huge that vagons started to pile into layers! Also the building of station was damaged by some vagons, which were catapulted by this huge crash. Luckily nobody in the building was harmed.
During the few minutes the station became a mixture of destroyed trains, vagons and spilled cargo. It was incredible that nobody died . Only two men, who jumped from the train, were hurt.
For your better imagination you can look at some photos made after this accident.

About the cache:
The informations from listing will be useful for you. I advise you to remember them or have the listing with yourself (photos are not necessary).
The opening coordinates will lead you on a parking lot, where you can leave your bike or car. Than follow on your foot to the first stage:

STAGE 1:
N50° 30,986
E015° 29,139

You should found two numbers which you need for the calculation of the second stage.
A = you find it on a little yellow field on the nearest low lamp of street litghtning
B = you find it on the nearest railway house – the number is in Roman style

STAGE 2:
N50° 30,(B+6/A)(3xB-A)(2xB-6+A)
E015° 29,(3xA-1)(2xB+A)(3xA-B)

You look for a small cache (micro), in which are informations for the final one. Beware – you are on the busy station, so don’t step uselessly on the trackage. If there are some people in the area of second stage (propably waiting for the approaching train), wait a minute. It’s good to pretend that you are a „railway fun“ and mask yourself with a camera.

WARNING AND REQUEST:
When you get a micro cache in the second stage and you log the final one, go with it to a bit different place. If someone (a Muggle) reveal a hiding place, it would be really uneasy to find some other. Please, return the micro cache exactly to the same place. If you take some interesting picture and attach it to the log, I would be really pleasured.

There are memory cards for the first thirty finders. You can also copy two numbers which are under the cover of cache and use them for the bonus cache.
I wish you good luck!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

grpxb (G-cneg)

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)