Chapter 125: Timetables and the hump
Twenty yards of timetables and the hump
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.
From the crest of the hump a whole cut rolls off one car at a time, each routed to a track as it goes, and the lot counts as a single move.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 10 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 125 draws on kicks, 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 125.1 | 8 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a timetable. |
| 2 | Yard 125.2 | 6 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 3 | Yard 125.3 | 4 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a timetable. |
| 4 | Yard 125.4 | 7 | The outbound Albany or Boston, Boston, Concord, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 125.5 | 7 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a timetable. |
| 6 | Yard 125.6 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 7 | Yard 125.7 | 5 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a timetable. |
| 8 | Yard 125.8 | 6 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 9 | Yard 125.9 | 9 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a timetable. |
| 10 | Yard 125.10 | 8 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 125.11 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a timetable. |
| 12 | Yard 125.12 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4, Erie on 5. |
| 13 | Yard 125.13 | 7 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 2 kicks allowed, a timetable. |
| 14 | Yard 125.14 | 7 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 125.15 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a timetable. |
| 16 | Yard 125.16 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Albany or Boston, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 125.17 | 10 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for a hump yard, a timetable. |
| 18 | Yard 125.18 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4, Concord on 5. |
| 19 | Yard 125.19 | 6 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a timetable. |
| 20 | Yard 125.20 | 10 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 2 kicks allowed, a timetable. |
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