Chapter 202: Stub tracks and doubled outbounds
Twenty yards of stub tracks and doubled outbounds
Some tracks hang off another track instead of the ladder. The engine only reaches the back track while the front one is clear up to the switch, and the fouling point is marked.
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.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 16 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 202 draws on repair time, outbounds and tonnage, 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 202.1 | 5 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 2 | Yard 202.2 | 8 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 3 | Yard 202.3 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 4 | Yard 202.4 | 4 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 202.5 | 3 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Dover, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 6 | Yard 202.6 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 290 tons. |
| 7 | Yard 202.7 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 8 | Yard 202.8 | 11 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 9 | Yard 202.9 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 10 | Yard 202.10 | 9 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 202.11 | 4 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 12 | Yard 202.12 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 200 tons. |
| 13 | Yard 202.13 | 11 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 202.14 | 9 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 202.15 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 16 | Yard 202.16 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 202.17 | 12 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Albany, Albany, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 250 tons, a stub behind another track. |
| 18 | Yard 202.18 | 5 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 160 tons. |
| 19 | Yard 202.19 | 9 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Dover, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 20 | Yard 202.20 | 16* | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston, Concord, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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