Chapter 42: Hidden waybills and stub tracks
Twenty yards of hidden waybills and stub tracks
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.
Some tracks hang off another track instead of the ladder. The engine only reaches the back track while the front one is clear up to the switch, and the fouling point is marked.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 19 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 42 draws on no-engine tracks, stub tracks and cabooses, 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 42.1 | 6 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 2 | Yard 42.2 | 6 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 3 | Yard 42.3 | 5 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 4 | Yard 42.4 | 9 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 5 | Yard 42.5 | 10 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 6 | Yard 42.6 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Albany, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3. |
| 7 | Yard 42.7 | 11 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 8 | Yard 42.8 | 5 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a track closed to the engine. |
| 9 | Yard 42.9 | 15 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 10 | Yard 42.10 | 7 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 42.11 | 13 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Erie, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 12 | Yard 42.12 | 11 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 13 | Yard 42.13 | 9 | Erie on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a stub behind another track, a track closed to the engine, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 42.14 | 11 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 42.15 | 12 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 16 | Yard 42.16 | 10 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 17 | Yard 42.17 | 19* | The outbound Albany, Dover, Albany, Dover, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 18 | Yard 42.18 | 11 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Concord, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 19 | Yard 42.19 | 12 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Boston, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 20 | Yard 42.20 | 9 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a stub behind another track, a track closed to the engine, waybills unread until pulled. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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