Chapter 10: Auto racks
Twenty yards of auto racks
An auto rack is two car lengths long and takes two slots on a track and two behind the engine, so every capacity becomes a length budget.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 9 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 10 draws on the running track, the wye and yard orders, with two breathers of plain sorting and extra cars. Difficulty runs as a sawtooth: runs of easy yards, a spike, a breather.
The yards
| # | Yard | Par | The job |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yard 10.1 | 4 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3. |
| 2 | Yard 10.2 | 6 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 10.3 | 4 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3. |
| 4 | Yard 10.4 | 3 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 5 | Yard 10.5 | 6 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3. |
| 6 | Yard 10.6 | 4 | The outbound Erie, Albany, Erie, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Dover on 2. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 7 | Yard 10.7 | 5 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3. |
| 8 | Yard 10.8 | 5 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 10.9 | 4 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2. |
| 10 | Yard 10.10 | 6 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 10.11 | 3 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2. |
| 12 | Yard 10.12 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 13 | Yard 10.13 | 3 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 14 | Yard 10.14 | 5 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 10.15 | 3 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Albany, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2. |
| 16 | Yard 10.16 | 5 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 17 | Yard 10.17 | 9 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 10.18 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 19 | Yard 10.19 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2. |
| 20 | Yard 10.20 | 6 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
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