Chapter 218: Hidden waybills and the shop
Twenty yards of hidden waybills and the shop
In the dark a car’s waybill is hidden until it has been pulled. Goals still use the true destination, so par allows a look or two.
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 4 to 14 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 218 draws on no-engine tracks, stub tracks and cabooses, 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 218.1 | 12 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 2 | Yard 218.2 | 5 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 3 | Yard 218.3 | 12 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 4 | Yard 218.4 | 4 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 5 | Yard 218.5 | 12 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 6 | Yard 218.6 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Concord, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 7 | Yard 218.7 | 10 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 8 | Yard 218.8 | 5 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 9 | Yard 218.9 | 14 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 10 | Yard 218.10 | 6 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 218.11 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 12 | Yard 218.12 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 13 | Yard 218.13 | 10 | 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, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 218.14 | 6 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 218.15 | 11 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 16 | Yard 218.16 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 17 | Yard 218.17 | 13 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 18 | Yard 218.18 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 19 | Yard 218.19 | 11 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 20 | Yard 218.20 | 9 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
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