Puzzle Solutions
A Train: Solutions
B Train: Solutions
C Train: No solutions necessary
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Notes

This train has a Level 3 requirement as well as a small SGTools speedbump to pass. I apologize to all, especially to those below Level 3, that this will exclude. Here is the entry point to the ABC Train

I am very hopeful that most or all of the giveaways will have valid keys. If one does not, please understand that I simply do not have the ability to purchase additional keys. If necessary, you may ask for a refund of your entry ticket and I will happily refund the amount you paid for your ticket (I jest, of course!).

Should a key not work... if I have a spare key, I will replace the bad key. If I do not have a spare key, I think it will be best to mark the game as "Not received" to close out the contest. This would be better than me asking to delete the contest because marking "Not received" will not cause more work for our overburdened moderators! :)

Please do not share links either publicly or privately.

If you believe that I have provided a broken link, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! I think all links are correct, but this was a lot of work and I ran out of time to test as thoroughly as I would have like to.


About the train

Hello everyone! This is my attempt at a real train. I'll give it a little name the "ABC Train". I hope that there will be something here that everyone will be interested in.

Each cars presents a poem. I like to display pictures when I present poems because I think it helps shape the mood and "complete" the poem. Unfortunately, you will need to click "View attached image" and it will then be below instead of above the poem as I would have liked. Some of the poems are by well known authors. Many are by a, well, much less known author! :)

There might be more than one level to this train. You decide!


♥   ♥   ♥   Clues and Hints   ♥   ♥   ♥   Clues and Hints   ♥   ♥   ♥  
  • Some cars might have more than one exit - especially the very first car in the train.
  • The name of the train might be a hint.
  • Zelgh is a hero!
  • In the real world, some trains are shorter than others.
  • Some puzzles might might need two pieces of information to solve.
  • Forensics can be helpful and so can crypti messages.
Update to Clues and Hints
  • There are more than one level to this train. 😁.
  • The name of the train is a hint there are three levels to the train - A, B, and C.
  • The very first car in the train (C1) has 3 exits.
  • The B Train has 27 cars.
  • The A Train has 17 cars and each A Train car be be reached either from the preceding A-car or the equivalent B-car. So car A15 can be reached either from car A14 or from car B14. Both of these have the exact same poem/puzzle.
  • Zelgh is still a hero!
  • Some of the A Train cars do need more than one piece of information to solve. Without counting, I'd say that 6 or 7 of the 17 require either two pieces of information or that you solve a little riddle with the clue that you find.
  • Cryptii could be very key to one or more puzzles.
  • Dinosaurs say that style suxx especially on github.
  • Cryptii might also help solve several different types of ciphers in the A Train which is why it is Hero approved.
  • Perhaps the first thing to be done is exam each photo forensically. That is, photo-forensics examination of each photo.
  • Bacon is not acquainted with the night and must be trying to say something else.
  • I think that some people had problems with a certain cipher named after one of the more famous Roman emperors. If you think you might be a fellow victim (Et tu, Dominicaned?), try a rot + 13 web site.


Closing comments

I apologize to all who are not fluent in English as any puzzles within could be more challenging for you. I think and hope that you are able to solve the puzzles anyway. If you think there is something I might do to help (without giving the answers, of course), let me know! :)

I have confidence that many, if not most, of these puzzles will be fairly easy for the experienced SteamGifts crowd. But if I notice that not many people are finding the contests, I will post more clues in a few days.


Thank yous

Last but not least I want to give a hearty "Thank you" to a few users who helped me immensely in the making of this train..

Andy helped with a few of the puzzles and was very willing to help me learn more of the art of hiding things in plain sight. Thank you, Andy!|

WaxWorm has been extremely helpful in fixing errors in the train and in helping me learn more about the encryptions used. Thank you, WaxWorm!

AllTracTurbo also needs a place of honor here even though most of his help occurred in a different discussion because it helped me immensely in this train. For helping me find the "hidden" Edit button and a work around for my "one-cell tables"! Thank you, AllTracTurbo!

2 years ago*

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Bump. I found all the parts and I think I'm about 1/4 of the way through. I am slowly making progress, but this is going to take some time.
I have never been a fan of poetry, but I can tell a lot of effort went into making this.
Thanks for the great event and the giveaways :)

2 years ago
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Glad you are enjoying it. Thank YOU for helping me make the entry thread more to my liking. :)

2 years ago
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Bump ;)

2 years ago
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Welp, I've ridden to the end of B and C...still trying to figure out the 2nd cart in the A train...but that will need to be a task for tomorrow. :)

2 years ago
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OH WOW! BUMP!!!

2 years ago
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Bump

2 years ago
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Hi! I am curious to know what AbandonWareFrance is? I have not heard the term/phrase before. Do tell! :)

2 years ago
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Hello, Abandonware-france is a non-profit retro-gaming site since 2000. We provide games with 20 year’s old or more and not return for sale on the market (there ´s few exceptions,,,). The site is only in french but you can translate it with google. And you can find multi-lingual games. Approximatly 95% of the games have what we call « automatique version », a version easy to run on moderne OS.
https://www.abandonware-france.org/

I do some gifs sometimes for the site.

2 years ago
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Very neat! Thank you for the information! :)

I studied French... in 3 grade.... over 50 years ago. Yes, I will need google translate! :)

2 years ago
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Bump thanks for the train, I've not tackled the puzzles yet but it's clear you've put a lot of effort (and games!) into it - well done!

2 years ago
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Hopefully you will have an opportunity to make a go at the puzzles. There are actually two types of puzzles... each leading to a different destination.

2 years ago
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Bump and thanks =)

2 years ago
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Bump, and thanks :)

2 years ago
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Bump

2 years ago
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Bump!

2 years ago
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Thanks Dominicanoed! I'm in awe of the amount of work it must've taken to put the whole thing together.
I really appreciate the careful choice of poetry and images.

2 years ago
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Name checks out :D

2 years ago
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You are most welcome and thank you for the kind words!😀 Much of the poetry is mine and I am always timid about sharing it.

2 years ago
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bump

2 years ago
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Ty and bump :)

2 years ago
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bump it up!

2 years ago
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bump

2 years ago
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Have a bump.

2 years ago
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Ty bump!

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2 years ago
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Thank you and bump!

2 years ago
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bump

2 years ago
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bump for 2 trains + some spare wagons found :D

2 years ago
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If you've got the time, give it another go with the spare wagons... each of them passes to another (until you reach the caboose). Also, until a certain point, all the B wagons have a exit to a "spare wagon" as well. So even if you get stumped on a particular spare wagon.... you still have another method to advance to other spare wagon. :)

2 years ago
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Happy ShipCakeFactory Day! ^_^

2 years ago
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Rump
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a Poetry Bump

2 years ago
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👍

2 years ago
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Missed opportunity to Hump! ^^

2 years ago
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This is the Reader's Digest version.

2 years ago
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Bump!

2 years ago
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Thanks for the ride on your alphabet train! :-)

2 years ago
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You are most welcome. Thank you for coming along for the ride! :)

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bump

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