Chapter 133: Sorting and the shop
Twenty yards of sorting and the shop
Every car has a destination and every track an assignment. Pull cuts to the lead, shove them back in the right place, and do it in as few moves as the yard allows.
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 17 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 133 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 133.1 | 8 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 133.2 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 3 | Yard 133.3 | 11 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 133.4 | 6 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 133.5 | 8 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 133.6 | 11 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 7 | Yard 133.7 | 10 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 133.8 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Concord, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3. |
| 9 | Yard 133.9 | 10 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 133.10 | 4 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 133.11 | 11 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 133.12 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 13 | Yard 133.13 | 15 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 133.14 | 7 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 133.15 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 133.16 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 133.17 | 17 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 133.18 | 10 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Dover, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 19 | Yard 133.19 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 133.20 | 14 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Dover, Dover, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
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