Oil storage and loading facility

[leighant]

Your tall storage tank is probably large enough to require a berm, at least from 1960 or so on.  Not sure how early the berms became widespread and nearly universal.

A bulk oil facility that handles petroleum in qauntities around 2 or 3 tankcars full and to load 8 or 10 delivery trucks wouldn't necessarily have them... but they wouldn't usually have a tank as large as the Walthers "tall storage tank."  I have seen many bulk oil dealers without containment berms, none with.

Nearly always see the berms at tank farms and refineries. I saw a photo taken about 1960 of a huge tank fire taken with a telephoto lens from maybe three blocks away.  There was a crowd of people watching from about two blocks distance back from the fire.  Then from a few minutes later, a picture showed burning petroleum gushing up over the top of the berm, and the crowd was in a dead run away from the tank.

 

 

 

 

[jpmorrison]

 jeff with your berms you can make them any size you want.all i did is used ballast

                                                       jeff

[exPalaceDog]

 

I purchased a Walthers 933-3168, tall oil storage tank.  I also picked up a couple of the 933-3104 oil loading platforms. I've just finished gluing the tank together and was wondering if folks had any pictures of these on their layouts ?  I am not sure I want the berms that come with the tank and I may only use one of the loading facilities, due to space limitations.  I am also interested in what colors folks have painted things, decals, exterior lighting and other detailing aspects.

The berms are there to prevent spills if the tank should fail. To keep the EPA happy, you probably need. Also, the berms are intended to confind the fire if one of the tanks catches fire. To keep your model fire department happy, you probably need them.

Have fun

 

[btransue]

Here is a link to another post with photos of a tank farm.

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1070661/ShowPost.aspx

 

Edit: Here is another link with more updates from the poster:

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1128852/ShowPost.aspx 

[jbinkley60]

 

I purchased a Walthers 933-3168, tall oil storage tank.  I also picked up a couple of the 933-3104 oil loading platforms. I've just finished gluing the tank together and was wondering if folks had any pictures of these on their layouts ?  I am not sure I want the berms that come with the tank and I may only use one of the loading facilities, due to space limitations.  I am also interested in what colors folks have painted things, decals, exterior lighting and other detailing aspects.