Chapter 78: The shop and hidden waybills
Twenty yards of the shop and hidden waybills
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.
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.
20 yards, pars from 5 to 16 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 78 draws on cabooses, sealed blocks and repair time, 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 78.1 | 9 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 2 | Yard 78.2 | 5 | The outbound Albany, Concord, Concord, Albany on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 3 | Yard 78.3 | 13 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 4 | Yard 78.4 | 7 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 78.5 | 12 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 6 | Yard 78.6 | 10 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 7 | Yard 78.7 | 12 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 8 | Yard 78.8 | 5 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 9 | Yard 78.9 | 12 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 10 | Yard 78.10 | 5 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 78.11 | 11 | The outbound Erie, Concord, Erie, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 12 | Yard 78.12 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 13 | Yard 78.13 | 14 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Boston, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Albany on 2, Concord on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 14 | Yard 78.14 | 8 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 78.15 | 13 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 16 | Yard 78.16 | 9 | The outbound Concord, Dover, Dover on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 78.17 | 16 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 18 | Yard 78.18 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 19 | Yard 78.19 | 12 | The outbound Concord, Boston, Boston, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
| 20 | Yard 78.20 | 12 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Erie, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first, waybills unread until pulled. |
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