Chapter 162: Kicks and hidden waybills
Twenty yards of kicks and hidden waybills
A flat yard with a kick budget: shove, let go, and route one or two cars as they roll, like a small hump that runs out.
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.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 14 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 162 draws on the hump, open slots and doubled outbounds, 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 162.1 | 8 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 2 | Yard 162.2 | 6 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 3 | Yard 162.3 | 8 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 4 | Yard 162.4 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Albany, any car on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3. |
| 5 | Yard 162.5 | 6 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 6 | Yard 162.6 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Boston on 5. |
| 7 | Yard 162.7 | 9 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 8 | Yard 162.8 | 7 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 9 | Yard 162.9 | 9 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 10 | Yard 162.10 | 4 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 162.11 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Boston, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 12 | Yard 162.12 | 11 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4, Albany on 5. |
| 13 | Yard 162.13 | 9 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 2 kicks allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 162.14 | 6 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 162.15 | 6 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 16 | Yard 162.16 | 9 | The outbound any car, any car, Erie, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 162.17 | 12 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Concord, Erie, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4, Boston on 5. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 18 | Yard 162.18 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Concord, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4, Erie on 5. |
| 19 | Yard 162.19 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 20 | Yard 162.20 | 14 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 2 kicks allowed, waybills unread until pulled. |
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