Chapter 34: The shop and doubled outbounds
Twenty yards of the shop and doubled outbounds
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.
An outbound too long for one track leaves in two sections from two tracks. Where the train breaks between them is the player’s choice.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 15 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 34 draws on cabooses, sealed blocks and repair time, 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 34.1 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4, Concord on 5. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 34.2 | 5 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Concord, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3. |
| 3 | Yard 34.3 | 11 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Albany, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 34.4 | 6 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 34.5 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Concord, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 34.6 | 10 | The outbound Erie, Concord, Concord, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 7 | Yard 34.7 | 10 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover, Dover in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 34.8 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord, Concord, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3. |
| 9 | Yard 34.9 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 34.10 | 5 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 34.11 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Erie, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 34.12 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Albany, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 13 | Yard 34.13 | 9 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Concord, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4, Dover on 5. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 34.14 | 5 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 34.15 | 12 | The outbound Erie, Albany, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4, Boston on 5. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 34.16 | 11 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3. |
| 17 | Yard 34.17 | 15 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Dover, Concord, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4, Albany on 5. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 34.18 | 9 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 19 | Yard 34.19 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Boston, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 34.20 | 12 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Dover, Concord in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4, Boston on 5. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
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