Chapter 115: Placards and timetables
Twenty yards of placards and timetables
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.
The move counter is a clock. Arrivals roll in off the main at their move and need room; departures leave on time only if the train is standing in order, or the shift is lost.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 15 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 115 draws on stub tracks, cabooses and sealed blocks, 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 115.1 | 7 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 2 | Yard 115.2 | 5 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 3 | Yard 115.3 | 6 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 4 | Yard 115.4 | 5 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Dover, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3. |
| 5 | Yard 115.5 | 8 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 6 | Yard 115.6 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Boston, Boston, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 7 | Yard 115.7 | 9 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 8 | Yard 115.8 | 8 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 9 | Yard 115.9 | 8 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 10 | Yard 115.10 | 4 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 115.11 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 12 | Yard 115.12 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Concord, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 13 | Yard 115.13 | 14 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 14 | Yard 115.14 | 8 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 115.15 | 10 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 16 | Yard 115.16 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord, Dover, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 115.17 | 15 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 18 | Yard 115.18 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 19 | Yard 115.19 | 14 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Erie, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 20 | Yard 115.20 | 15 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
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