Chapter 247: Placards and no-engine tracks
Twenty yards of placards and no-engine tracks
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.
A track behind a derail is closed to the locomotive. Cars can only be kicked or humped into it and never pulled back out, so each one has to arrive in order.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 10 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 247 draws on stub tracks, cabooses and sealed blocks, 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 247.1 | 3 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 2 | Yard 247.2 | 3 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 3 | Yard 247.3 | 4 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 4 | Yard 247.4 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Albany, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 247.5 | 6 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 6 | Yard 247.6 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Albany, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 7 | Yard 247.7 | 4 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 8 | Yard 247.8 | 8 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 9 | Yard 247.9 | 5 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 10 | Yard 247.10 | 4 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 247.11 | 6 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 12 | Yard 247.12 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 13 | Yard 247.13 | 8 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a stub behind another track, a track closed to the engine. |
| 14 | Yard 247.14 | 7 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 247.15 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Concord, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 16 | Yard 247.16 | 10 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord, Concord, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 247.17 | 7 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 18 | Yard 247.18 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 19 | Yard 247.19 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 20 | Yard 247.20 | 7 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a stub behind another track, a track closed to the engine. |
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