Chapter 28: The running track and the shop
Twenty yards of the running track and the shop
A running track loops to a far lead and far ladder, so open tracks can be worked from either end. One move takes the engine and its cut round the loop.
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.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 11 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 28 draws on the wye, yard orders and no-engine tracks, 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 28.1 | 10 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 28.2 | 9 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 3 | Yard 28.3 | 9 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 28.4 | 10 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 5 | Yard 28.5 | 10 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 28.6 | 5 | The outbound Concord, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 7 | Yard 28.7 | 8 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 28.8 | 9 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 9 | Yard 28.9 | 8 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 28.10 | 6 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 28.11 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Dover, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3. Watch for a running track to the far lead, cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 28.12 | 4 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 13 | Yard 28.13 | 7 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, a wye off the lead, cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 28.14 | 9 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 28.15 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Dover, Dover, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for a running track to the far lead, cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 28.16 | 10 | The outbound Erie, Concord, Concord, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 17 | Yard 28.17 | 6 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead, a track closed to the engine, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 28.18 | 4 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Dover, Albany, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 19 | Yard 28.19 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Boston, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for a running track to the far lead, cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 28.20 | 11 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, a wye off the lead, cars that need the shop first. |
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