Chapter 136: Stub tracks and timetables
Twenty yards of stub tracks and timetables
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.
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.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 15 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 136 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 136.1 | 7 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 2 | Yard 136.2 | 5 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 3 | Yard 136.3 | 8 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 4 | Yard 136.4 | 9 | The outbound any car, any car, Dover, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3. |
| 5 | Yard 136.5 | 9 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 6 | Yard 136.6 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Boston, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4, Albany on 5. |
| 7 | Yard 136.7 | 11 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 8 | Yard 136.8 | 6 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 9 | Yard 136.9 | 10 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 10 | Yard 136.10 | 7 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 136.11 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Concord on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 12 | Yard 136.12 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Erie, Concord, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 13 | Yard 136.13 | 10 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 14 | Yard 136.14 | 7 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 136.15 | 11 | The outbound Concord, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 16 | Yard 136.16 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Boston or Dover, Concord or Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 136.17 | 15 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover, Dover, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 18 | Yard 136.18 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 19 | Yard 136.19 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
| 20 | Yard 136.20 | 14 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, a stub behind another track, a timetable. |
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