Chapter 106: Doubled outbounds and placards
Twenty yards of doubled outbounds and placards
An outbound too long for one track leaves in two sections from two tracks. Where the train breaks between them is the player’s choice.
Placarded hazmat cars may not couple directly to the engine, may not be humped and may not be kicked, so they have to travel with a buffer car between them and the power.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 19 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 106 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 106.1 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4, Albany on 5. |
| 2 | Yard 106.2 | 6 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 106.3 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 4 | Yard 106.4 | 5 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 5 | Yard 106.5 | 6 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Boston, Dover, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 6 | Yard 106.6 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 7 | Yard 106.7 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany, Albany, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. |
| 8 | Yard 106.8 | 8 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 106.9 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Erie, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4, Albany on 5. |
| 10 | Yard 106.10 | 6 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 106.11 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Albany, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 12 | Yard 106.12 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 13 | Yard 106.13 | 19* | The outbound Erie, Erie, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 14 | Yard 106.14 | 9 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 106.15 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Dover, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4, Erie on 5. |
| 16 | Yard 106.16 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 17 | Yard 106.17 | 10 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Albany, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 106.18 | 11 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Concord, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 19 | Yard 106.19 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Dover, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4, Albany on 5. |
| 20 | Yard 106.20 | 13* | The outbound Boston, Concord, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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