Chapter 19: Repair time
Twenty yards of repair time
A repair job takes time: the car must stand at its service track for a set number of moves, and taking it away part way through starts the work over.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 9 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 19 draws on the hump, kicks and open slots, 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 19.1 | 8 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 19.2 | 3 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 3 | Yard 19.3 | 6 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 19.4 | 6 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 5 | Yard 19.5 | 7 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 19.6 | 4 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Concord or Dover, any car, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2. |
| 7 | Yard 19.7 | 9 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 19.8 | 5 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 9 | Yard 19.9 | 9 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 19.10 | 4 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 19.11 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Albany, Erie, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 19.12 | 5 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Boston, Boston, any car on Track 1, Erie on 2. |
| 13 | Yard 19.13 | 7 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 19.14 | 6 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 19.15 | 9 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 19.16 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 17 | Yard 19.17 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Albany, Albany, Albany or Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 19.18 | 4 | The outbound any car, Dover, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3. |
| 19 | Yard 19.19 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Concord, Erie, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Boston on 2. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 19.20 | 8 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
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