Chapter 70: Stub tracks and the shop
Twenty yards of stub tracks and the shop
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.
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.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 19 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 70 draws on repair time, outbounds and tonnage, 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 70.1 | 10 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 70.2 | 10 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 3 | Yard 70.3 | 15 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 70.4 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Concord, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 70.5 | 15* | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 70.6 | 8 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Erie, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 160 tons. |
| 7 | Yard 70.7 | 11 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 70.8 | 7 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 9 | Yard 70.9 | 9 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 70.10 | 5 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 70.11 | 10 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Boston, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 70.12 | 5 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 230 tons. |
| 13 | Yard 70.13 | 9 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 70.14 | 7 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 70.15 | 11 | The outbound Erie, Albany, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 70.16 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 70.17 | 13 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 300 tons, a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 18 | Yard 70.18 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for an engine rated for 130 tons. |
| 19 | Yard 70.19 | 10 | The outbound Boston, Dover, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 70.20 | 19 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track, cars that need the shop first. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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