Railroad Pennies LbNA #45056 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Parfum Sacre  |
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| Plant date: | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Tucson Downtown |
| County: | Pima |
| State: | Arizona |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | meghanfp |
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| Last found: | Nov 28, 2011 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFrr |
| Last edited: | Dec 31, 2008 |
Leaving pennies on the railroad tracks to be flattened by passing trains is a time honored American tradition, like counting boxcars and waving to engineers.
When you come to find this box you must bring ten pennies!
I assume you have the good sense to be alert for trains while you're near the tracks, and to get out of the way if one is coming. Nuff said.
Look for this box where the Union Pacific's Nogales Spur tracks cross 17th Street. On the west side of the tracks there is a concrete traffic barricade. Look under it's south side, hidden behind rocks.
After you've stamped in, look along the tracks immediately in front of the hiding place. If you're lucky, you should find some smashed pennies left behind by the letterboxer before you. (They will NOT be on the tracks. They get knocked aside as the trains run them over, and you'll have to hunt a bit among the ties and rails in the general area). You can keep any smashed pennies you find as souvenirs.
And before you go, leave your ten pennies on the tracks in front of the hiding place for the next letterboxer.
If any trains pass while you're boxing, don't forget to wave to the engineers and count the boxcars.
While you're in the neighborhood, there are some interesting places right nearby:
Just east is the Seventeenth Street Market: a dazzling produce market, Asian grocery, fishmonger, European and Middle Eastern specialty foods store, and international musical instrument shop all under one roof.
Across the street from the market is Hi-Speed, a high end hot rod shop that ships dream machines all over the world (visitors welcome!).
Over on 16th Street is the Barrio Brewery, with a family friendly dock where you can sit outside and eat and watch the trains pass. They have half price specials on food and drink when the trains go by and the traffic gate is down.
Be sneaky, sly, and surreptitious.
Union Pacific employees have no sense of humor and have difficulty distinguishing letterboxers from terrorists. If you see them, move along and come back later.
Hoboes have lots of time on their hands, so be sure to replace the box so it's completely invisible to the curious eye.
When you come to find this box you must bring ten pennies!
I assume you have the good sense to be alert for trains while you're near the tracks, and to get out of the way if one is coming. Nuff said.
Look for this box where the Union Pacific's Nogales Spur tracks cross 17th Street. On the west side of the tracks there is a concrete traffic barricade. Look under it's south side, hidden behind rocks.
After you've stamped in, look along the tracks immediately in front of the hiding place. If you're lucky, you should find some smashed pennies left behind by the letterboxer before you. (They will NOT be on the tracks. They get knocked aside as the trains run them over, and you'll have to hunt a bit among the ties and rails in the general area). You can keep any smashed pennies you find as souvenirs.
And before you go, leave your ten pennies on the tracks in front of the hiding place for the next letterboxer.
If any trains pass while you're boxing, don't forget to wave to the engineers and count the boxcars.
While you're in the neighborhood, there are some interesting places right nearby:
Just east is the Seventeenth Street Market: a dazzling produce market, Asian grocery, fishmonger, European and Middle Eastern specialty foods store, and international musical instrument shop all under one roof.
Across the street from the market is Hi-Speed, a high end hot rod shop that ships dream machines all over the world (visitors welcome!).
Over on 16th Street is the Barrio Brewery, with a family friendly dock where you can sit outside and eat and watch the trains pass. They have half price specials on food and drink when the trains go by and the traffic gate is down.
Be sneaky, sly, and surreptitious.
Union Pacific employees have no sense of humor and have difficulty distinguishing letterboxers from terrorists. If you see them, move along and come back later.
Hoboes have lots of time on their hands, so be sure to replace the box so it's completely invisible to the curious eye.