Chapter 160: The running track and doubled outbounds
Twenty yards of the running track and doubled outbounds
A running track loops to a far lead and far ladder, so open tracks can be worked from either end. One move takes the engine and its cut round the loop.
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.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 15 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 160 draws on the wye, yard orders and no-engine tracks, 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 160.1 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Erie, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 2 | Yard 160.2 | 5 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 3 | Yard 160.3 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 4 | Yard 160.4 | 8 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 5 | Yard 160.5 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 6 | Yard 160.6 | 5 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 7 | Yard 160.7 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Boston, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 8 | Yard 160.8 | 7 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 9 | Yard 160.9 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 10 | Yard 160.10 | 7 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 160.11 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 12 | Yard 160.12 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 13 | Yard 160.13 | 10 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead, a wye off the lead. |
| 14 | Yard 160.14 | 7 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 160.15 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 16 | Yard 160.16 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 17 | Yard 160.17 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead, a track closed to the engine. |
| 18 | Yard 160.18 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 19 | Yard 160.19 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Albany, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4, Boston on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 20 | Yard 160.20 | 15* | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead, a wye off the lead. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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