Chapter 16: Yard orders
Twenty yards of yard orders
Yard orders fire on the clock: a track closes and reopens, the yardmaster reassigns a track, the work train needs one clear, and the other crew moves cars on its own schedule.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 10 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 16 draws on stub tracks, cabooses 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 16.1 | 5 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 2 | Yard 16.2 | 5 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 3 | Yard 16.3 | 4 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 4 | Yard 16.4 | 3 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3. |
| 5 | Yard 16.5 | 8 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 6 | Yard 16.6 | 5 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3. |
| 7 | Yard 16.7 | 7 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 8 | Yard 16.8 | 5 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 9 | Yard 16.9 | 10 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 10 | Yard 16.10 | 5 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 16.11 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 12 | Yard 16.12 | 4 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3. |
| 13 | Yard 16.13 | 9 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
| 14 | Yard 16.14 | 4 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 16.15 | 5 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 16 | Yard 16.16 | 5 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Concord, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2. |
| 17 | Yard 16.17 | 7 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 16.18 | 4 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Erie, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2. |
| 19 | Yard 16.19 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Boston, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 20 | Yard 16.20 | 8 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3. Watch for a stub behind another track, yard orders on the clock. |
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