Chapter 163: Cabooses and no-engine tracks
Twenty yards of cabooses and no-engine tracks
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.
A track behind a derail is closed to the locomotive. Cars can only be kicked or humped into it and never pulled back out, so each one has to arrive in order.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 11 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 163 draws on auto racks, timetables and hidden waybills, 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 163.1 | 4 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Concord, Concord, Albany, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 2 | Yard 163.2 | 9 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 3 | Yard 163.3 | 3 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Albany, Albany, Albany, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 4 | Yard 163.4 | 8 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 5 | Yard 163.5 | 4 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Dover, Dover, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 6 | Yard 163.6 | 10 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Albany, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 7 | Yard 163.7 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 8 | Yard 163.8 | 9 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 9 | Yard 163.9 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Erie, Dover, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 10 | Yard 163.10 | 10 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 163.11 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Concord, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 12 | Yard 163.12 | 10 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Concord, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 13 | Yard 163.13 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Concord, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 14 | Yard 163.14 | 8 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 163.15 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Boston, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 16 | Yard 163.16 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 17 | Yard 163.17 | 11 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Erie, Dover, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 18 | Yard 163.18 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 19 | Yard 163.19 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Dover, Albany, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 20 | Yard 163.20 | 11 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany, Erie, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
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