Chapter 118: Kicks and doubled outbounds
Twenty yards of kicks and doubled outbounds
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.
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.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 16 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 118 draws on the hump, open slots and doubled outbounds, 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 118.1 | 5 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Dover, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 2 | Yard 118.2 | 4 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 3 | Yard 118.3 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 4 | Yard 118.4 | 7 | The outbound Boston or Concord, any car, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 118.5 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany, Erie, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4, Boston on 5. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 6 | Yard 118.6 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. |
| 7 | Yard 118.7 | 4 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 8 | Yard 118.8 | 5 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 9 | Yard 118.9 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Albany, Albany, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 10 | Yard 118.10 | 6 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 118.11 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Boston, Concord, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 12 | Yard 118.12 | 9 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 13 | Yard 118.13 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Dover, Concord, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a hump yard, 1 kick allowed. |
| 14 | Yard 118.14 | 8 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 118.15 | 5 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 16 | Yard 118.16 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Albany or Dover, any car on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 118.17 | 16* | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie, Boston, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 18 | Yard 118.18 | 5 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Dover, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Boston on 5. |
| 19 | Yard 118.19 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Concord, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 20 | Yard 118.20 | 9 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for a hump yard, 1 kick allowed. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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