Chapter 150: Doubled outbounds and tonnage
Twenty yards of doubled outbounds and tonnage
An outbound too long for one track leaves in two sections from two tracks. Where the train breaks between them is the player’s choice.
The engine carries a tonnage rating. Loaded cars weigh more than empties, and the engine cannot move a cut heavier than its rating, so big pulls have to be broken up.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 11 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 150 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 150.1 | 4 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Concord, Albany, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 300 tons. |
| 2 | Yard 150.2 | 7 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 150.3 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 130 tons. |
| 4 | Yard 150.4 | 5 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 5 | Yard 150.5 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Boston, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 160 tons. |
| 6 | Yard 150.6 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 7 | Yard 150.7 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Concord, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 190 tons. |
| 8 | Yard 150.8 | 5 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 150.9 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 190 tons. |
| 10 | Yard 150.10 | 7 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 150.11 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Boston, Boston, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 120 tons. |
| 12 | Yard 150.12 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 13 | Yard 150.13 | 11 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead, an engine rated for 170 tons. |
| 14 | Yard 150.14 | 8 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 150.15 | 11 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 150 tons. |
| 16 | Yard 150.16 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Boston, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 17 | Yard 150.17 | 10 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4, Boston on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 170 tons, yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 150.18 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 19 | Yard 150.19 | 11 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 130 tons. |
| 20 | Yard 150.20 | 11 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead, an engine rated for 160 tons. |
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