Chapter 12: The shop
Twenty yards of the shop
Cars carry cards: a bad-order car must stand on the RIP track, a load must cross the scale, a reefer must stop at the icing platform, before it counts at its destination.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 11 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 12 draws on hidden waybills, the hump and kicks, 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 12.1 | 9 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 12.2 | 6 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 3 | Yard 12.3 | 9 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 12.4 | 6 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 5 | Yard 12.5 | 7 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 12.6 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 7 | Yard 12.7 | 7 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 12.8 | 7 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 9 | Yard 12.9 | 8 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 12.10 | 5 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 12.11 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 12.12 | 4 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 13 | Yard 12.13 | 8 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 12.14 | 6 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 12.15 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 12.16 | 5 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 17 | Yard 12.17 | 7 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 12.18 | 4 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Dover on 2. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 19 | Yard 12.19 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 12.20 | 11 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
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