WCG - City Park Railroad Museum Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/26/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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The Washington County GeoTrail

WCG - City Park Train Museum



The Washington County GeoTrail (WCG) launched on Saturday, September 14, 2013. The Trail consists of over thirty-five (35) geocaches placed at points of interest all over the County. Caches will be found in National, State, County and Town parks as well as at museums, wineries, historical sites and places of natural beauty. A trackable geocoin was awarded to the first 500 geocachers who completed the Washington County Geotrail. The original allotment of Coins has been exhausted and new parameters to receive the updated Coin are below.

 To be eligible for the coin, GeoCachers may download the Washington County GeoTrail passport online at www.visitHAGERSTOWN.com or pick one up in person at the Visitor Welcome Center at 6 N. Potomac Street. Completed passports may be verified on site at the above address or by mail.

Please note the following Change. Washington County GeoCoins will be available for purchase at the Visitor Welcome Center for GeoCachers who log 20 or more caches on the Washington County GeoTrail. The cost of the GeoCoin will be $10. An additional $3.50 shipping charge will apply for passports redeemed by mail. For more information about geocaching in Washington County and the full complement of local amenities, the above links are your gateway to historically beautiful Washington County!

Participating in the WCG geotrail is fun and we hope that many people join in. However, it is not a requirement for logging your find on this cache once you find the container.
WCG – City Park Railroad Museum

Tucked away in a back corner of Hagerstown City Park, Engine#202 sits on steel rails at the City Park Railroad Museum. A ‘Pacific’ model, 4-6-2 combination, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, old #202 is kept company by a number of red cabooses, re-claimed and re-built trackside signals, and an active rail line just beyond the back boundary of the Park. Unlike many of her steam contemporaries, #202 did not burn coal or wood. Her tender was a tank car that carried petroleum distillates; #202 was an ‘oil burner.’

Built in 1912, #202 carried baggage, mail and passengers between Baltimore and Hagerstown until 1953. Totally 77 feet in length and weighing 415,000 pounds, #202 is the only Western Maryland locomotive in existence. Engine 202 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Major improvements to this outdoor display have occurred in recent years. An indoor component has been added, featuring an outstanding collection of railroad memorabilia. The rail buff will find a wide array of items from hammers, wrenches and punches to signals, flares and oil cans, many of which were used during Western Maryland Railroad company operations. Additionally, visitors will find a reproduction ticket master’s office. Two special items on display include a velocipede (c. 1875) and Pump Car (c. 1885). Don’t know what those are? Come have a look at the City Park Railroad Museum.

Though the park is open year round, and the rolling stock can be viewed through a chain-link fence, the ‘good stuff’ can been up close on Saturday’s from 10 am – 4 pm, May through September.

Seek this cache from dawn till dusk. There is ample parking on site. It is a smallish regular lock n lock that resides in a cute niche.

The Washington County GeoTrail wishes to Thank the Hagerstown Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau for their timely and continuing assistance with this Washington County adventure.

The WCG also wishes to thank the following geocachers who spent countless hours in planning and deploying the caches – ALs Guide, Always Lost 00, Kitakima, LPYankeefan, nomaland, Snurt, tazscouter, and tiger77aam.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

OVT GERR URQTR EBPX

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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