Chapter 152: Hidden waybills and cabooses
Twenty yards of hidden waybills and cabooses
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.
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.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 17 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 152 draws on auto racks, timetables and the hump, 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 152.1 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Concord, Boston, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 2 | Yard 152.2 | 9 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 3 | Yard 152.3 | 11 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Concord, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 4 | Yard 152.4 | 10 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 5 | Yard 152.5 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 6 | Yard 152.6 | 9 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Dover, Albany, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 7 | Yard 152.7 | 5 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover, Erie, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 8 | Yard 152.8 | 5 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 9 | Yard 152.9 | 10 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Concord, Concord, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 10 | Yard 152.10 | 6 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 152.11 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Concord, Albany, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 12 | Yard 152.12 | 5 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 13 | Yard 152.13 | 17* | The outbound Boston, Concord, Concord, Boston, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 152.14 | 9 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 152.15 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Erie, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 16 | Yard 152.16 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 17 | Yard 152.17 | 13 | The outbound Concord, Erie, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 18 | Yard 152.18 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Erie, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 19 | Yard 152.19 | 10 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Erie, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 20 | Yard 152.20 | 12 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Dover, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 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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