Chapter 142: Auto racks and no-engine tracks
Twenty yards of auto racks and no-engine tracks
An auto rack is two car lengths long and takes two slots on a track and two behind the engine, so every capacity becomes a length budget.
A track behind a derail is closed to the locomotive. Cars can only be kicked or humped into it and never pulled back out, so each one has to arrive in order.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 10 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 142 draws on the running track, the wye and yard orders, 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 142.1 | 3 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 2 | Yard 142.2 | 8 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 142.3 | 7 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 4 | Yard 142.4 | 4 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 5 | Yard 142.5 | 4 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 6 | Yard 142.6 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 7 | Yard 142.7 | 7 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 8 | Yard 142.8 | 8 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 142.9 | 4 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 10 | Yard 142.10 | 8 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 142.11 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 12 | Yard 142.12 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 13 | Yard 142.13 | 9 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead, a track closed to the engine. |
| 14 | Yard 142.14 | 8 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 142.15 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 16 | Yard 142.16 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Boston, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 17 | Yard 142.17 | 6 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 142.18 | 10 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 19 | Yard 142.19 | 5 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 20 | Yard 142.20 | 10 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead, a track closed to the engine. |
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