Chapter 92: Stub tracks and open slots
Twenty yards of stub tracks and open slots
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.
Outbound patterns can leave slots open to any car, or to a set of destinations. Choosing which car fills a slot cheaply is the puzzle, because the handy one is rarely the right one.
20 yards, pars from 4 to 12 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 92 draws on kicks, open slots and doubled outbounds, 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 92.1 | 5 | The outbound Boston, Concord, Boston or Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 2 | Yard 92.2 | 6 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 3 | Yard 92.3 | 7 | The outbound Boston, any car, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 4 | Yard 92.4 | 6 | The outbound Dover, Boston, Dover, Albany or Boston on Track 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 5 | Yard 92.5 | 8 | The outbound any car, Concord, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 6 | Yard 92.6 | 7 | The outbound Albany, Erie, Albany in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Concord on 3, Boston on 4, Dover on 5. |
| 7 | Yard 92.7 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Dover or Erie, Erie, Albany or Concord, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 8 | Yard 92.8 | 7 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed. |
| 9 | Yard 92.9 | 8 | The outbound Albany or Dover, Boston, Dover or Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 10 | Yard 92.10 | 4 | Erie on 1, Boston on 2, Dover on 3, Concord on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 92.11 | 8 | The outbound any car, Albany, Boston, Albany or Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 12 | Yard 92.12 | 5 | The outbound Erie, Boston, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4, Concord on 5. |
| 13 | Yard 92.13 | 8 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Albany, Albany or Boston, Albany or Erie on Track 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for 2 kicks allowed, a stub behind another track. |
| 14 | Yard 92.14 | 6 | Concord on 1, Boston on 2, Erie on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 92.15 | 7 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Albany or Concord, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 16 | Yard 92.16 | 7 | The outbound Erie, Dover or Erie, any car on Track 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 17 | Yard 92.17 | 12* | The outbound Erie, Concord, Boston or Concord, any car, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4, Boston on 5. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 18 | Yard 92.18 | 6 | The outbound Dover, Dover, Erie in two sections from Tracks 1 and 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4, Concord on 5. |
| 19 | Yard 92.19 | 7 | The outbound any car, Albany or Dover, Erie on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for a stub behind another track. |
| 20 | Yard 92.20 | 11 | The outbound Concord, Concord or Dover, Concord, Dover or Erie, Erie on Track 1, Albany on 2, Boston on 3, Dover on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed, a stub behind another track. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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