Chapter 225: Placards and hidden waybills
Twenty yards of placards and hidden waybills
Placarded hazmat cars may not couple directly to the engine, may not be humped and may not be kicked, so they have to travel with a buffer car between them and the power.
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.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 15 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 225 draws on timetables, hidden waybills and the hump, 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 225.1 | 8 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 2 | Yard 225.2 | 8 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 3 | Yard 225.3 | 7 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 4 | Yard 225.4 | 8 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 5 | Yard 225.5 | 10 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 6 | Yard 225.6 | 6 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 7 | Yard 225.7 | 8 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 8 | Yard 225.8 | 4 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a timetable. |
| 9 | Yard 225.9 | 12 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 10 | Yard 225.10 | 5 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 225.11 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 12 | Yard 225.12 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Concord, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 13 | Yard 225.13 | 15 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled, a timetable. |
| 14 | Yard 225.14 | 8 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 225.15 | 10 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 16 | Yard 225.16 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 17 | Yard 225.17 | 14* | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 18 | Yard 225.18 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 19 | Yard 225.19 | 11 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 20 | Yard 225.20 | 14 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled, a timetable. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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