Chapter 246: Stub tracks and hidden waybills
Twenty yards of stub tracks and hidden waybills
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.
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 5 to 16 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 246 draws on repair time, outbounds and tonnage, 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 246.1 | 10 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 2 | Yard 246.2 | 7 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 3 | Yard 246.3 | 8 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 4 | Yard 246.4 | 5 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 246.5 | 5 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 6 | Yard 246.6 | 10 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 210 tons. |
| 7 | Yard 246.7 | 6 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 8 | Yard 246.8 | 6 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 9 | Yard 246.9 | 12 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 10 | Yard 246.10 | 6 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 246.11 | 11 | The outbound Concord, Erie, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 12 | Yard 246.12 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 210 tons. |
| 13 | Yard 246.13 | 16 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 246.14 | 8 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 246.15 | 11 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 16 | Yard 246.16 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 246.17 | 14 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 220 tons, a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 18 | Yard 246.18 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 140 tons. |
| 19 | Yard 246.19 | 10 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 20 | Yard 246.20 | 13 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
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