Chapter 122: The shop and placard spacing
Twenty yards of the shop and placard spacing
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.
Placard spacing rules for outbounds: a placarded car may not stand at the head of the train or be coupled to another placarded car.
20 yards, pars from 6 to 15 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 122 draws on cabooses, sealed blocks and repair time, 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 122.1 | 12 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 122.2 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 3 | Yard 122.3 | 10 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Concord, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 122.4 | 6 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 122.5 | 10 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Erie, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 122.6 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 7 | Yard 122.7 | 13 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 122.8 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 9 | Yard 122.9 | 12 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 122.10 | 7 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 122.11 | 12 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 122.12 | 11 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 13 | Yard 122.13 | 12 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Boston, Boston, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 122.14 | 7 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 122.15 | 10 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 122.16 | 9 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 122.17 | 15 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 122.18 | 10 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 19 | Yard 122.19 | 13* | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 122.20 | 12 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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