Chapter 91: The hump and the shop
Twenty yards of the hump and the shop
From the crest of the hump a whole cut rolls off one car at a time, each routed to a track as it goes, and the lot counts as a single move.
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 3 to 11 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 91 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 91.1 | 7 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 91.2 | 8 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 3 | Yard 91.3 | 7 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 91.4 | 10 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 5 | Yard 91.5 | 8 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 91.6 | 11 | The outbound Dover, Concord, Dover, Concord on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 7 | Yard 91.7 | 10 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 91.8 | 8 | Erie on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a running track to the far lead. |
| 9 | Yard 91.9 | 8 | Albany on 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 91.10 | 3 | Albany on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 91.11 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 91.12 | 7 | The outbound Boston, Erie, Boston, Boston, Boston on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 13 | Yard 91.13 | 11 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead, cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 91.14 | 8 | Albany on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 91.15 | 9 | The outbound Erie, Erie, Erie, Erie, Dover on Track 1, Boston on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 91.16 | 5 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a wye off the lead. |
| 17 | Yard 91.17 | 10 | Albany on 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first, yard orders on the clock. |
| 18 | Yard 91.18 | 10 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Dover, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for yard orders on the clock. |
| 19 | Yard 91.19 | 6 | The outbound Boston, Albany, Boston, Albany, Albany on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 91.20 | 11 | Boston on 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard, a running track to the far lead, cars that need the shop first. |
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