Chapter 197: No-engine tracks and the shop
Twenty yards of no-engine tracks and the shop
A track behind a derail is closed to the locomotive. Cars can only be kicked or humped into it and never pulled back out, so each one has to arrive in order.
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.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 16 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 197 draws on the helper, placard spacing and placards, 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 197.1 | 7 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 197.2 | 6 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a helper on the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 197.3 | 6 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 197.4 | 3 | The outbound Concord, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 197.5 | 8 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 197.6 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 7 | Yard 197.7 | 9 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 197.8 | 8 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a helper on the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 197.9 | 10 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 197.10 | 6 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 197.11 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Albany, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 197.12 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Albany, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 13 | Yard 197.13 | 11 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a helper on the far lead, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 197.14 | 6 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 197.15 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Dover, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 197.16 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 197.17 | 16 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 197.18 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 19 | Yard 197.19 | 12 | The outbound Concord, Erie, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 197.20 | 10 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a helper on the far lead, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
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