Chapter 224: Stub tracks and repair time
Twenty yards of stub tracks and repair time
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.
A repair job takes time: the car must stand at its service track for a set number of moves, and taking it away part way through starts the work over.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 18 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 224 draws on kicks, 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 224.1 | 8 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 224.2 | 5 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 3 | Yard 224.3 | 8 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 224.4 | 5 | The outbound Concord, any car, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 224.5 | 8 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 224.6 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 7 | Yard 224.7 | 8 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 224.8 | 8 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 9 | Yard 224.9 | 9 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 224.10 | 4 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 224.11 | 18 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 224.12 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Concord, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4, Albany on 5. |
| 13 | Yard 224.13 | 8 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 224.14 | 6 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 224.15 | 7 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Albany, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 224.16 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Boston or Concord, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 224.17 | 11 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 224.18 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Boston, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4, Albany on 5. |
| 19 | Yard 224.19 | 16 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 224.20 | 10 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
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