Chapter 87: No-engine tracks and tonnage
Twenty yards of no-engine tracks and tonnage
A track behind a derail is closed to the locomotive. Cars can only be kicked or humped into it and never pulled back out, so each one has to arrive in order.
The engine carries a tonnage rating. Loaded cars weigh more than empties, and the engine cannot move a cut heavier than its rating, so big pulls have to be broken up.
20 yards, pars from 3 to 12 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 87 draws on the running track, the wye and yard orders, 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 87.1 | 3 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, an engine rated for 170 tons, a track closed to the engine. |
| 2 | Yard 87.2 | 7 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 87.3 | 5 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, an engine rated for 330 tons, a track closed to the engine. |
| 4 | Yard 87.4 | 8 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 5 | Yard 87.5 | 7 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, an engine rated for 200 tons, a track closed to the engine. |
| 6 | Yard 87.6 | 9 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 7 | Yard 87.7 | 4 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, an engine rated for 190 tons, a track closed to the engine. |
| 8 | Yard 87.8 | 7 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 87.9 | 6 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, an engine rated for 230 tons, a track closed to the engine. |
| 10 | Yard 87.10 | 4 | Boston on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 87.11 | 5 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, an engine rated for 180 tons, a track closed to the engine. |
| 12 | Yard 87.12 | 12 | The outbound Dover, Albany, Albany, Dover, Albany on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 13 | Yard 87.13 | 8 | Erie on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead, an engine rated for 160 tons, a track closed to the engine. |
| 14 | Yard 87.14 | 6 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 87.15 | 5 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Concord, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, an engine rated for 210 tons, a track closed to the engine. |
| 16 | Yard 87.16 | 8 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 17 | Yard 87.17 | 6 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, an engine rated for 320 tons, a track closed to the engine, yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 87.18 | 10 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Albany, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 19 | Yard 87.19 | 5 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Erie, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, an engine rated for 160 tons, a track closed to the engine. |
| 20 | Yard 87.20 | 10 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead, an engine rated for 160 tons, a track closed to the engine. |
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