Chapter 193: The helper and kicks
Twenty yards of the helper and kicks
A second switcher works the far lead with its own cut. Either engine can move, changing engines is free, and the two have to hand cars to each other through the tracks.
A flat yard with a kick budget: shove, let go, and route one or two cars as they roll, like a small hump that runs out.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 13 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 193 draws on the wye, yard orders and no-engine tracks, 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 193.1 | 6 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, a helper on the far lead. |
| 2 | Yard 193.2 | 4 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 3 | Yard 193.3 | 6 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, a helper on the far lead. |
| 4 | Yard 193.4 | 11 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 5 | Yard 193.5 | 5 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, a helper on the far lead. |
| 6 | Yard 193.6 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 7 | Yard 193.7 | 4 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, a helper on the far lead. |
| 8 | Yard 193.8 | 6 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 9 | Yard 193.9 | 8 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, a helper on the far lead. |
| 10 | Yard 193.10 | 8 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 193.11 | 4 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, a helper on the far lead. |
| 12 | Yard 193.12 | 5 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 13 | Yard 193.13 | 12* | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, a helper on the far lead, a wye off the lead. |
| 14 | Yard 193.14 | 7 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 193.15 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, a helper on the far lead. |
| 16 | Yard 193.16 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 17 | Yard 193.17 | 8 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 1 kick allowed, a helper on the far lead, a track closed to the engine. |
| 18 | Yard 193.18 | 4 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 19 | Yard 193.19 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Dover, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, a helper on the far lead. |
| 20 | Yard 193.20 | 13* | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, a helper on the far lead, a wye off the lead. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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