Chapter 109: No-engine tracks and kicks
Twenty yards of no-engine tracks and kicks
A track behind a derail is closed to the locomotive. Cars can only be kicked or humped into it and never pulled back out, so each one has to arrive in order.
A flat yard with a kick budget: shove, let go, and route one or two cars as they roll, like a small hump that runs out.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 8 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 109 draws on the helper, placard spacing and placards, 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 109.1 | 3 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 3 kicks allowed, a track closed to the engine. |
| 2 | Yard 109.2 | 7 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a helper on the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 109.3 | 6 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 2 kicks allowed, a track closed to the engine. |
| 4 | Yard 109.4 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 109.5 | 6 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 2 kicks allowed, a track closed to the engine. |
| 6 | Yard 109.6 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 7 | Yard 109.7 | 6 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 1 kick allowed, a track closed to the engine. |
| 8 | Yard 109.8 | 6 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a helper on the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 109.9 | 4 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 1 kick allowed, a track closed to the engine. |
| 10 | Yard 109.10 | 6 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 109.11 | 4 | The outbound Erie, Concord, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 2 kicks allowed, a track closed to the engine. |
| 12 | Yard 109.12 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Boston, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 13 | Yard 109.13 | 7 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 1 kick allowed, a helper on the far lead, a track closed to the engine. |
| 14 | Yard 109.14 | 5 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 109.15 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 1 kick allowed, a track closed to the engine. |
| 16 | Yard 109.16 | 5 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 109.17 | 6 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 2 kicks allowed, a track closed to the engine. |
| 18 | Yard 109.18 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 19 | Yard 109.19 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 2 kicks allowed, a track closed to the engine. |
| 20 | Yard 109.20 | 7 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 1 kick allowed, a helper on the far lead, a track closed to the engine. |
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