Chapter 223: The hump and doubled outbounds
Twenty yards of the hump and doubled outbounds
From the crest of the hump a whole cut rolls off one car at a time, each routed to a track as it goes, and the lot counts as a single move.
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 10 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 223 draws on the running track, the wye and yard orders, 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 223.1 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 2 | Yard 223.2 | 9 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 223.3 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 4 | Yard 223.4 | 5 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 5 | Yard 223.5 | 3 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 6 | Yard 223.6 | 10 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 7 | Yard 223.7 | 6 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Erie, Erie, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 8 | Yard 223.8 | 7 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 223.9 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4, Boston on 5. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 10 | Yard 223.10 | 7 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 223.11 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Erie on 5. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 12 | Yard 223.12 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Boston, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 13 | Yard 223.13 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Erie, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead. |
| 14 | Yard 223.14 | 6 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 223.15 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 16 | Yard 223.16 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 17 | Yard 223.17 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Concord, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for a hump yard, yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 223.18 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 19 | Yard 223.19 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Erie, Dover, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 20 | Yard 223.20 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead. |
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