Chapter 37: Timetables and no-engine tracks
Twenty yards of timetables and no-engine tracks
The move counter is a clock. Arrivals roll in off the main at their move and need room; departures leave on time only if the train is standing in order, or the shift is lost.
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 5 to 10 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 37 draws on kicks, open slots and doubled outbounds, 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 37.1 | 5 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
| 2 | Yard 37.2 | 5 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 3 | Yard 37.3 | 6 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
| 4 | Yard 37.4 | 5 | The outbound Dover or Erie, Albany, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 37.5 | 8 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
| 6 | Yard 37.6 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 7 | Yard 37.7 | 8 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
| 8 | Yard 37.8 | 6 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 9 | Yard 37.9 | 6 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
| 10 | Yard 37.10 | 7 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 37.11 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
| 12 | Yard 37.12 | 9 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Boston, Boston in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. |
| 13 | Yard 37.13 | 8 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 3 kicks allowed, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
| 14 | Yard 37.14 | 9 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 37.15 | 5 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
| 16 | Yard 37.16 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Boston, any car on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 37.17 | 10 | The outbound Dover, Erie, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4, Boston on 5. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
| 18 | Yard 37.18 | 10 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Albany, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4, Boston on 5. |
| 19 | Yard 37.19 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Boston, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
| 20 | Yard 37.20 | 8 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, 1 kick allowed, a track closed to the engine, a timetable. |
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