Chapter 141: Cabooses and hidden waybills
Twenty yards of cabooses and hidden waybills
A caboose rides at the rear of its train, which is the ladder end, so it must be the last car coupled on. It travels with the engine and never goes over the hump.
In the dark a car’s waybill is hidden until it has been pulled. Goals still use the true destination, so par allows a look or two.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 17 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 141 draws on no-engine tracks, stub tracks and sealed blocks, 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 141.1 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 2 | Yard 141.2 | 4 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 3 | Yard 141.3 | 6 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Boston, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 4 | Yard 141.4 | 9 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 5 | Yard 141.5 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Erie, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 6 | Yard 141.6 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 7 | Yard 141.7 | 12 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 8 | Yard 141.8 | 4 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 9 | Yard 141.9 | 11 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Boston, Boston, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 10 | Yard 141.10 | 6 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 141.11 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 12 | Yard 141.12 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 13 | Yard 141.13 | 13* | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Erie, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 141.14 | 9 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 141.15 | 11 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Albany, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 16 | Yard 141.16 | 11 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 17 | Yard 141.17 | 17* | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Dover, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 18 | Yard 141.18 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Boston, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 19 | Yard 141.19 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 20 | Yard 141.20 | 14* | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Albany, Albany, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, waybills unread until pulled. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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