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Molnar · Boot Joined: 19 Nov 2008 Posts: 60 Location: CA

I was wondering how we were supposed to get 9 out of 35. Now it's divisible by 4, at least.

ETA: Rogi, just an FYI, it's Bangkok. You're using the pr0n version. Wink

**Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:26 pm

pancito

Maybe it's a double-header? Round to the nearest hour?
One thing for sure, it ain't a pitcher's duel...

ETA: Here are the times as best I could figure them...

1999IZMIT
August 17, 1999, at about 3:01am local time
2003NY
August 14, 2003, at approximately 4:15 pm EDT
1976CAVALESE
On 3 February 1998, 14:13 local time
1944CLEVELAND
At 2:30 p.m. on the afternoon on Friday, October 20, 1944
1995KOBE
Tuesday January 17, 1995 at 05:46 JST
2008TORONTO
Just after 03:50 ET on the morning of August 10, 2008
1996NY
July 17, 1996 20:31 EDT
1946ATLANTA
Around three o'clock in the morning... December 7, 1946
1999GAISAL
about 1.30am...1 August 1999
2006BANGCOCK
31 December 2006 ... at around 6:00 p.m. local time [Still not sure this is right, but...]]
1969SEAOFTRANQUILITY
Landing Date: 1969-07-24 12:50:35 PM.
Bit of trivia here... What were the first words from the surface of the moon?

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DerKork · Decorated Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 174

1996NY

I'd guess one has to look at the following event:

**Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:22 am

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pancito

The only thing I can come up with for 1883CANAM is that that is the year US and Canadian railroads adopted timezones. November 18, 1883, noon. I'm still at a loss on 1988NAPLES. Heck, I can't even figure out if that's Florida or Italy. I think it's time to press the kl00 button.

**Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:56 am

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Rogi Ocnorb

Good job on the 1883 timezones event.
As you may have noticed, not all the items are disasters of some form. It's just that when you're looking for events that can be retrospectively distilled to a specific time/hour, those compose the bulk. Some of the items kinda bomb when classifying them as disasters as loss of life wasn't high.

I was hoping that at this point you all would be able to connect the dots enough to extrapolate the more elusive ones and go on to the first part of the "before and after" bit.

**Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:45 am

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pancito

Thanks Rogi. That makes 1988NAPLES April 14 'at about 8 p.m' And I think that's all of them. I'll update the post above and try to figure out what the heck this all means...

**Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:24 am

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Rogi Ocnorb

How about I give you an action word for those that might cause you problems or need a little better definition?
Didn't want to let this go too long as there are only so many hours in a day and I'm sure somebody else would like a go.

2003NY - Crash
1969SEAOFTRANQUILITY - Landed
1992HOMESTEAD - Landfall
2003TEXAS - The site I found gave the EST time as CST
1944PORTLANDWEYMOUTH - Departure
1963FITCHVILLE - Smoke
1942OFFCAPEMAY - Torpedoed

**Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:58 am

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cjr22 · Boot Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 58

Going through Pancito's list I found that

**Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:55 am

GreenWindmill

**Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:36 pm

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pancito

Would you believe that when I woke up this morning I had figured out that it might be a numbers=letters? Anyway, good work cjr22. I wasn't looking forward to going through all that. I'm thinking this might be one of those word in the middle things. Something like 'Carl A.G. X, X electric loco.' My first thought was Westinghouse since they make diesel electrics, but no. I still don't find anything, and don't see how that gives a score, but maybe it'll pop into clear when it happens...

Hmmmm... Agee maybe?

**Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:14 pm

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MrToasty

I was thinking along the same lines last night, just didn't get a chance to get back to it. Nice work!

**Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:37 pm

natas

There is an AG class of locomotive, but Carl AG doesn't sound familiar

**Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:49 pm

pancito

I wonder if Storz [sexless] type connectors are used on air brakes. Kinda makes sense if you want to be able to hook up a car in either direction. I think I'm fixated on Westinghouse...

@Toasty>> I like the Carl AG Storz, but who knows?

**Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:50 pm

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Rogi Ocnorb

My "connect" clue wasn't meant to point to Storz connectors. It was just to give you the first word for the next part.
You've got it all but for one that's late by almost 4 days. All of us huddled around the TV that night. I'll never forget the date.

**Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:56 pm

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I seriously don't know how I got that wrong. One of those events that if you lived through it you remember where you were and what you were doing. I even used to celebrate it. *sigh*

20:17 UTC on July 20, 1969

CONNECT CARTAG WITH ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE????

That doesn't seem right.... Anyone?

ETA: NASA site has both the UTC and '04:17:40 p.m. EDT' which would make that CARPAG.

How about this? Very Happy

**Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:28 pm

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