Chapter 169: Timetables and placards
Twenty yards of timetables and placards
The move counter is a clock. Arrivals roll in off the main at their move and need room; departures leave on time only if the train is standing in order, or the shift is lost.
Placarded hazmat cars may not couple directly to the engine, may not be humped and may not be kicked, so they have to travel with a buffer car between them and the power.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 13 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 169 draws on kicks, 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 169.1 | 7 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 2 | Yard 169.2 | 7 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 3 | Yard 169.3 | 8 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 4 | Yard 169.4 | 4 | The outbound Albany or Erie, Concord, Boston or Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 169.5 | 7 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 6 | Yard 169.6 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Concord, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4, Boston on 5. |
| 7 | Yard 169.7 | 8 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 8 | Yard 169.8 | 5 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 9 | Yard 169.9 | 9 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 10 | Yard 169.10 | 5 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 169.11 | 12 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 12 | Yard 169.12 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Concord, Concord, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 13 | Yard 169.13 | 11 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, a timetable. |
| 14 | Yard 169.14 | 8 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 169.15 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Concord, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 16 | Yard 169.16 | 5 | The outbound Albany or Boston, Erie, Boston or Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 169.17 | 13* | The outbound Boston, Albany, Albany, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for a timetable. |
| 18 | Yard 169.18 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Concord, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4, Erie on 5. |
| 19 | Yard 169.19 | 11 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Dover, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 20 | Yard 169.20 | 13 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, a timetable. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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