Chapter 36: Sealed blocks and hidden waybills
Twenty yards of sealed blocks and hidden waybills
Sealed blocks are two or three cars coupled as a unit. A pull or shove that would cut between them is refused, and a block is never humped or kicked.
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 6 to 15 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 36 draws on the running track, the wye and yard orders, 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 36.1 | 8 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 2 | Yard 36.2 | 6 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 36.3 | 9 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 4 | Yard 36.4 | 7 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 5 | Yard 36.5 | 8 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 6 | Yard 36.6 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Boston, Concord, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 7 | Yard 36.7 | 13 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 8 | Yard 36.8 | 8 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 36.9 | 12 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 10 | Yard 36.10 | 6 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 36.11 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 12 | Yard 36.12 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Erie, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 13 | Yard 36.13 | 12 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 36.14 | 10 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 36.15 | 12 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 16 | Yard 36.16 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 17 | Yard 36.17 | 15 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled, yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 36.18 | 8 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 19 | Yard 36.19 | 9 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 20 | Yard 36.20 | 11 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead, waybills unread until pulled. |
New to the game? How to play covers pulls, shoves, goals and par in a minute.