Chapter 188: The shop and the hump
Twenty yards of the shop and the hump
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.
From the crest of the hump a whole cut rolls off one car at a time, each routed to a track as it goes, and the lot counts as a single move.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 13 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 188 draws on hidden waybills, the hump and kicks, 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 188.1 | 7 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 188.2 | 8 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 3 | Yard 188.3 | 10 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 188.4 | 9 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 5 | Yard 188.5 | 7 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 188.6 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 7 | Yard 188.7 | 7 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 188.8 | 7 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 9 | Yard 188.9 | 9 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 188.10 | 4 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 188.11 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 188.12 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 13 | Yard 188.13 | 9 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 188.14 | 6 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 188.15 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 188.16 | 4 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Albany, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 17 | Yard 188.17 | 9 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 3 kicks allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 188.18 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Dover, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 19 | Yard 188.19 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 188.20 | 13 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
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