Chapter 232: The shop and placards
Twenty yards of the shop and placards
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.
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.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 22 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 232 draws on hidden waybills, the hump and kicks, 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 232.1 | 9 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 232.2 | 8 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 3 | Yard 232.3 | 11 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 232.4 | 5 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 5 | Yard 232.5 | 8 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 232.6 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 7 | Yard 232.7 | 10 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 232.8 | 8 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 9 | Yard 232.9 | 9 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 232.10 | 7 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 232.11 | 13 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 232.12 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 13 | Yard 232.13 | 13 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 232.14 | 8 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 232.15 | 11 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 232.16 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Boston, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 17 | Yard 232.17 | 13 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 232.18 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Dover, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 19 | Yard 232.19 | 12 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Concord, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 232.20 | 22 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
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