Chapter 140: Kicks and repair time
Twenty yards of kicks and repair time
A flat yard with a kick budget: shove, let go, and route one or two cars as they roll, like a small hump that runs out.
A repair job takes time: the car must stand at its service track for a set number of moves, and taking it away part way through starts the work over.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 12 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 140 draws on sealed blocks, repair time and 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 140.1 | 7 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 140.2 | 4 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 3 | Yard 140.3 | 9 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 140.4 | 9 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 5 | Yard 140.5 | 7 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 140.6 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 7 | Yard 140.7 | 10 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 140.8 | 5 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 9 | Yard 140.9 | 11 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 140.10 | 9 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 140.11 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Concord, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 140.12 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Dover, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 13 | Yard 140.13 | 12 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 140.14 | 8 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 140.15 | 11 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 140.16 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 17 | Yard 140.17 | 11 | The outbound Erie, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 140.18 | 5 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 19 | Yard 140.19 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 140.20 | 11 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
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