Chapter 56: The shop and repair time
Twenty yards of the shop and repair time
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.
A repair job takes time: the car must stand at its service track for a set number of moves, and taking it away part way through starts the work over.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 18 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 56 draws on hidden waybills, the hump and kicks, 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 56.1 | 16 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 56.2 | 8 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 3 | Yard 56.3 | 9 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 56.4 | 4 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 5 | Yard 56.5 | 12 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 56.6 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 7 | Yard 56.7 | 15 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 56.8 | 9 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for waybills unread until pulled. |
| 9 | Yard 56.9 | 17 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 56.10 | 6 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 56.11 | 18 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 56.12 | 8 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 13 | Yard 56.13 | 18 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 56.14 | 8 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 56.15 | 15 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Concord, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 56.16 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Boston, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 17 | Yard 56.17 | 14 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 56.18 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Boston, Albany on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 19 | Yard 56.19 | 16 | The outbound Concord, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 56.20 | 17 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
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