Chapter 216: Doubled outbounds and auto racks
Twenty yards of doubled outbounds and auto racks
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.
An auto rack is two car lengths long and takes two slots on a track and two behind the engine, so every capacity becomes a length budget.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 14 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 216 draws on tonnage, the shop and the helper, 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 216.1 | 5 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Erie, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 2 | Yard 216.2 | 8 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 150 tons. |
| 3 | Yard 216.3 | 3 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Erie, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 4 | Yard 216.4 | 8 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 5 | Yard 216.5 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Albany, Albany, Albany, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4, Boston on 5. |
| 6 | Yard 216.6 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a helper on the far lead. |
| 7 | Yard 216.7 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Concord, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 8 | Yard 216.8 | 8 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 160 tons. |
| 9 | Yard 216.9 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4, Boston on 5. |
| 10 | Yard 216.10 | 7 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 216.11 | 5 | The outbound Concord, Erie, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 12 | Yard 216.12 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a helper on the far lead. |
| 13 | Yard 216.13 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Albany, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 150 tons. |
| 14 | Yard 216.14 | 5 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 216.15 | 6 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Concord, Dover, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4, Boston on 5. |
| 16 | Yard 216.16 | 10 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 17 | Yard 216.17 | 14* | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Boston on 5. Watch for a helper on the far lead. |
| 18 | Yard 216.18 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Boston, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a helper on the far lead. |
| 19 | Yard 216.19 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Erie, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4, Concord on 5. |
| 20 | Yard 216.20 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Concord, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for an engine rated for 150 tons. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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