Chapter 166: The shop and outbounds
Twenty yards of the shop and outbounds
Cars carry cards: a bad-order car must stand on the RIP track, a load must cross the scale, a reefer must stop at the icing platform, before it counts at its destination.
An outbound train must stand on its departure track in exactly the order the sign gives, ladder end first, so the order you shove cars in is the whole puzzle.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 15 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 166 draws on cabooses, sealed blocks and repair time, 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 166.1 | 10 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 166.2 | 9 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 3 | Yard 166.3 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 166.4 | 7 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 166.5 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 166.6 | 10 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 7 | Yard 166.7 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Dover, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 166.8 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 9 | Yard 166.9 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 166.10 | 5 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 166.11 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 166.12 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 13 | Yard 166.13 | 10 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Albany, Albany, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 166.14 | 9 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 166.15 | 10 | The outbound Erie, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 166.16 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 166.17 | 15 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 166.18 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Boston, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 19 | Yard 166.19 | 12 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Albany, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 166.20 | 15* | The outbound Boston, Boston, Erie, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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