Chapter 194: Doubled outbounds and cabooses
Twenty yards of doubled outbounds and cabooses
An outbound too long for one track leaves in two sections from two tracks. Where the train breaks between them is the player’s choice.
A caboose rides at the rear of its train, which is the ladder end, so it must be the last car coupled on. It travels with the engine and never goes over the hump.
20 yards, pars from 6 to 15 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 194 draws on the running track, the wye and yard orders, 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 194.1 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Dover, Albany, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 2 | Yard 194.2 | 10 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 194.3 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Dover, Dover, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4, Concord on 5. |
| 4 | Yard 194.4 | 7 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 5 | Yard 194.5 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Albany, Boston, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 6 | Yard 194.6 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Dover, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 7 | Yard 194.7 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Boston, Albany, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 8 | Yard 194.8 | 6 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 194.9 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4, Albany on 5. |
| 10 | Yard 194.10 | 6 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 194.11 | 6 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Boston, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4, Erie on 5. |
| 12 | Yard 194.12 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Erie, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 13 | Yard 194.13 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 14 | Yard 194.14 | 8 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 194.15 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Albany, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. |
| 16 | Yard 194.16 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Albany, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 17 | Yard 194.17 | 15 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Dover, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 194.18 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 19 | Yard 194.19 | 10 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Boston, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4, Erie on 5. |
| 20 | Yard 194.20 | 12 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Albany, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
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