Chapter 126: Yard orders and stub tracks
Twenty yards of yard orders and stub tracks
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.
Some tracks hang off another track instead of the ladder. The engine only reaches the back track while the front one is clear up to the switch, and the fouling point is marked.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 14 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 126 draws on timetables, hidden waybills and the hump, 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 126.1 | 5 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
| 2 | Yard 126.2 | 9 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 3 | Yard 126.3 | 9 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
| 4 | Yard 126.4 | 8 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 5 | Yard 126.5 | 11 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
| 6 | Yard 126.6 | 5 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 7 | Yard 126.7 | 10 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
| 8 | Yard 126.8 | 9 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 9 | Yard 126.9 | 7 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
| 10 | Yard 126.10 | 7 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 126.11 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
| 12 | Yard 126.12 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 13 | Yard 126.13 | 12 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 14 | Yard 126.14 | 8 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 126.15 | 14* | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
| 16 | Yard 126.16 | 9 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Dover, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 17 | Yard 126.17 | 10 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 126.18 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Dover, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 19 | Yard 126.19 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
| 20 | Yard 126.20 | 12 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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