Chapter 63: Repair time and stub tracks
Twenty yards of repair time and stub tracks
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.
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 3 to 16 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 63 draws on the hump, kicks and open slots, 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 63.1 | 8 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 63.2 | 6 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 3 | Yard 63.3 | 12 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 63.4 | 7 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 5 | Yard 63.5 | 9 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 63.6 | 3 | The outbound Concord, any car, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 7 | Yard 63.7 | 11 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 63.8 | 7 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 9 | Yard 63.9 | 10 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 63.10 | 6 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 63.11 | 16 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Erie, Albany on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 63.12 | 9 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Concord or Dover, Albany or Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 13 | Yard 63.13 | 12 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 63.14 | 8 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 63.15 | 14 | The outbound Concord, Erie, Erie, Erie, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 63.16 | 5 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Albany, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 17 | Yard 63.17 | 11 | The outbound Albany, Dover, Albany, any car, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 63.18 | 6 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, any car, Boston or Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 19 | Yard 63.19 | 13 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Boston, Albany, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 63.20 | 12 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
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