Chapter 206: Kicks and placard spacing
Twenty yards of kicks and placard spacing
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.
Placard spacing rules for outbounds: a placarded car may not stand at the head of the train or be coupled to another placarded car.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 18 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 206 draws on the hump, open slots and doubled outbounds, 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 206.1 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 2 | Yard 206.2 | 8 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 3 | Yard 206.3 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 4 | Yard 206.4 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany or Dover, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 206.5 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Albany, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 6 | Yard 206.6 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 7 | Yard 206.7 | 5 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Albany, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 8 | Yard 206.8 | 10 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 9 | Yard 206.9 | 12* | The outbound Erie, Dover, Dover, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 10 | Yard 206.10 | 5 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 206.11 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 12 | Yard 206.12 | 4 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4, Concord on 5. |
| 13 | Yard 206.13 | 18* | The outbound Concord, Boston, Concord, Boston, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 1 kick allowed. |
| 14 | Yard 206.14 | 8 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 206.15 | 10 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 16 | Yard 206.16 | 6 | The outbound Albany, any car, Albany on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 206.17 | 12* | The outbound Boston, Erie, Boston, Boston, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 18 | Yard 206.18 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Concord, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4, Erie on 5. |
| 19 | Yard 206.19 | 13* | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 20 | Yard 206.20 | 11* | The outbound Albany, Albany, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 2 kicks allowed. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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