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Aesop
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 		Proof
How close can the lettering be to a mathematical proof?

It kind of looks like i 21 (- over +) 70.(something)4

PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:08 pm
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 		Re: Proof
Aesop wrote:
How close can the lettering be to a mathematical proof?

It kind of looks like i 21 (- over +) 70.(something)4


I'm pretty certain that it is a milepost. They are common to railroads. It can be read 70.64 feet from milepost 21.

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 		Re: Proof
Aesop wrote:
How close can the lettering be to a mathematical proof?

It kind of looks like i 21 (- over +) 70.(something)4


Ok, so I didn't have any success with this but it should be known by all for future reference, just in case: I don't know if anyone noticed out there, but when you hit back space on the scariestthingieversaw.com site, you get a weird litte symbol that looks a lot like a plus and minus sign. I just realised that maybe that is what is in the middle of the 21(weirdthing)70.64
Is this new info? I thought I had it for a moment but no success. still, it may still come into play if we get past the Device question. Or maybe I entered it wrong. I tried with variations of DEV, DV, etc.

PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:05 pm
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 		Plus over Minus
Plus over Minus
Ive known about it and ive entered it plenty of times with the number in the trailer. If i had to say something that hasnt been said is that thats a square root number sign... Square roots could either be positve or negative to get the right number... But ya its been known...Nothing good has come of it so far

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 		ok I'm not sure but maybe someone can clear it up but, why would a cart have BOHAM on it..does it mean that the cart was made for this place (assuming that it does refer to a place) and there for was to be picked up or dropped off at this place or did they just barrow a Boham cart for the mission and do AF carts even have places on them..
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It looks like advanced alien l33t speak.
Heehee, Mr. Servo (lurves me some MST3K). Apparently, "The internets are a series of tubes..." - that reach to 'infinity, and beyond'...we must party. Laughing

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 		mile post location of crash site
links to help find the exact location of the crash
hi, well I've been doing some investigation on the mile post number and I figured that the railroad crossing would be a good start to finding the location...

I could do with some help though:

here is a link to run a query by railroad crossing number, i just ran it from 000000 - 999999 to get them all in: http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/PublicSite/Crossing/Xingqryxing.aspx you can run other searches to on this website including location...

here is a link to my results (21k+), you can see each line gives a position, status, and ITS MILE POST NUMBER - so the mile post must be near the crossing as we can see both signs in the shot: FRA search results

once we know the crossing number we can enter it here on this map of railroads to see it's axact location: http://fragis2.frasafety.net/GISFRASafety/default.aspx and also once we have the railroad crossing number we can also search for any accident reports related to it (from he same web site)...

here is a link to the clear picture of the numbers:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4602630102_41ed20a864_o.jpg

here is some addition info on identifying the crossing number, and some mathamatical verification... so the number on the post may well be the mathamatical verification of the crossing number rather than the actual milepost number.. or something like that..
http://www.fra.dot.gov/download/safetyCrossingInventoryNumber4409.pdf
http://www.fra.dot.gov/Pages/801.shtml
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Documents/howtoac2.pdf


there are loads to go through, I don't know any quicker way to search - I hope you all can help!

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 		Re: Proof
yellowdart1 wrote:
Aesop wrote:
How close can the lettering be to a mathematical proof?

It kind of looks like i 21 (- over +) 70.(something)4


Ok, so I didn't have any success with this but it should be known by all for future reference, just in case: I don't know if anyone noticed out there, but when you hit back space on the scariestthingieversaw.com site, you get a weird litte symbol that looks a lot like a plus and minus sign. I just realised that maybe that is what is in the middle of the 21(weirdthing)70.64
Is this new info? I thought I had it for a moment but no success. still, it may still come into play if we get past the Device question. Or maybe I entered it wrong. I tried with variations of DEV, DV, etc.

the plus and minus sign is the mathematical symbol for a number that will be correct if used both positive or negative

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 		I still think the symbol after 21 is what's called a double dagger (+ over +). It has a bunch of uses in science, math and literature, but don't see how any of them could be useful here.

PostPosted: Tue May 18, 2010 10:16 am
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slinkydge
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 		if it's not a mile post marker, the numbers almost seem to be a reflection, but then if they were reflected from something wouldn't they be back to front/up-side down?

unless it's reflective paint of course but then why would they be written sideways across the pole and not top to bottom like normal markers?

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 		also I just found this (I don't know which is the right thread to post on... please move if there is a better one:


Regarding "BONHAM" on the train car:

James B. Bonham was the name of a car on the Texas Special was a named passenger train operated jointly by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (also known as the MKT or the Katy) and the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (the Frisco), it was the flagship of both these lines. It ran between St. Louis, Missouri, and San Antonio, Texas, from 1915 until 1964. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Special

Can we find out what happened to th cars after they were taken out of service?

is this our train? http://www.american-rails.com/texas-special.html


(oooo please I hope this isn't a trout I did use the search function and couldn't find anything).......

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slinkydge wrote:
Regarding "BONHAM" on the train car:

James B. Bonham was the name of a car on the Texas Special was a named passenger train operated jointly by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (also known as the MKT or the Katy) and the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (the Frisco), it was the flagship of both these lines. It ran between St. Louis, Missouri, and San Antonio, Texas, from 1915 until 1964. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Special isn't a trout I did use the search function and couldn't find anything).......


Only thing is we have a freight train, not a passenger train.

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hiawassee wrote:
Only thing is we have a freight train, not a passenger train.


It definitely has passenger cars, if you slow it down.

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Roy Jones
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 		i21 is interstate 21?
I live in Stark County and I21 runs right through here. I21 used to be the highway that traveled South to South Carolina, but was revamped in the 70s to I77.

It intersects with I70.

Exit 65 (currently from 77) is at Newcomerstown/Port Washington (Noble County). I believe exits are numbered based upon the mile markers on the highway. Exit 44 is the intersection with I70

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 		Re: i21 is interstate 21?
Roy Jones wrote:
I live in Stark County and I21 runs right through here. I21 used to be the highway that traveled South to South Carolina, but was revamped in the 70s to I77.

It intersects with I70.

Exit 65 (currently from 77) is at Newcomerstown/Port Washington (Noble County). I believe exits are numbered based upon the mile markers on the highway. Exit 44 is the intersection with I70


holy cow that could be it!!! can you google map a link to it please?

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