Chapter 144: The shop and sorting
Twenty yards of the shop and sorting
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.
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.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 16 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 144 draws on hidden waybills, the hump and kicks, 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 144.1 | 10 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 144.2 | 10 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 3 | Yard 144.3 | 9 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 144.4 | 8 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 5 | Yard 144.5 | 11 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 144.6 | 4 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 7 | Yard 144.7 | 8 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 144.8 | 8 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 9 | Yard 144.9 | 9 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 144.10 | 7 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 144.11 | 10 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Boston, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 144.12 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 13 | Yard 144.13 | 12 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 144.14 | 8 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 144.15 | 10 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 144.16 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 17 | Yard 144.17 | 13 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 144.18 | 5 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Dover, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 19 | Yard 144.19 | 10 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Concord, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 144.20 | 16 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
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