Chapter 116: The running track and yard orders
Twenty yards of the running track and yard orders
A running track loops to a far lead and far ladder, so open tracks can be worked from either end. One move takes the engine and its cut round the loop.
Yard orders fire on the clock: a track closes and reopens, the yardmaster reassigns a track, the work train needs one clear, and the other crew moves cars on its own schedule.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 16 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 116 draws on the wye, yard orders and no-engine tracks, 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 116.1 | 10 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, yard orders on the clock. |
| 2 | Yard 116.2 | 7 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 3 | Yard 116.3 | 11 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, yard orders on the clock. |
| 4 | Yard 116.4 | 9 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 5 | Yard 116.5 | 8 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, yard orders on the clock. |
| 6 | Yard 116.6 | 4 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 7 | Yard 116.7 | 4 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, yard orders on the clock. |
| 8 | Yard 116.8 | 9 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 9 | Yard 116.9 | 11 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, yard orders on the clock. |
| 10 | Yard 116.10 | 4 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 116.11 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, yard orders on the clock. |
| 12 | Yard 116.12 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Dover, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 13 | Yard 116.13 | 13 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, a wye off the lead, yard orders on the clock. |
| 14 | Yard 116.14 | 6 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 116.15 | 10 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, yard orders on the clock. |
| 16 | Yard 116.16 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 17 | Yard 116.17 | 7 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead, a track closed to the engine, yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 116.18 | 3 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 19 | Yard 116.19 | 11 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, yard orders on the clock. |
| 20 | Yard 116.20 | 16 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, a wye off the lead, yard orders on the clock. |
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