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Typically, tank cars have some sort of unloading rack consisting of platforms at the level of the top of the tankcars, sometimes with gangways that lower so a worker can walk on top of the tankcar without climbing its ladders. There would be two hoses (one for pumping in, one for sucking out) running along the gangway which connect to the connecty-things on the tankcar. The hoses would connect to pipes that run parallel to the personnel platforms to the pumphouse and then tanks. However, it really depends on the type of car that is being loaded/unloaded. Some tankcars have valves on the bottom for gravity unloading. Facilities for these would have a pipe running parallel to the tracks on the ground, with hoses to the tracks that connect to the tankcars. The pipes go through the pumphouse to the tanks. <br /> <br />For your setup, you'd probably want to run a pipe next to the tracks to your pumphouse, and have two or three valves on it (hoses typically aren't left connected if they're not unloading). The pipes from the pumphouse to the tanks would be underground.
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