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1950-60 diesel refulling station

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Posted by dehusman on Monday, January 23, 2017 2:27 PM

It could be a stand pipe coming out of the ground, with a valve on it, with a "U" at the top and then a large hose coming down with the fuel filler nozzle on the end.  There would be no drip pans, so oil and diesel soaked sand would be pretty prevalent.

If you don't know what to search for, search for "everything".  Try combinations of diesel, locomotive, railroad, fueling, service track, F3, F7, fuel rack, etc.

I had luck with images for :  Fueling locomotive

Scroll down to the picture of the NH engines:

http://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/diesel-fueling-station-transition-era

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Posted by Bundy74 on Monday, January 23, 2017 2:22 PM

Modeling whatever I can make out of that stash of kits that takes up half my apartment's spare bedroom.

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Posted by mbinsewi on Monday, January 23, 2017 2:21 PM

Hi David,

I Googled Diesel fueling facilities, and came up with a lot of interesting images, of model facilities, and real ones.

You'll probably want to add some type of sand facility to go with it.

Have fun!

Mike.

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1950-60 diesel refulling station
Posted by SBX on Monday, January 23, 2017 1:51 PM

I am building a railroad based on the home town for a short run line between Hartford CT and Boston MA. The line has two switchers and one F3A. The refuelling station is intended to be a bit sparse - just an underground tank and an outlet. Can any one describe what this sort of set up would look like? I am at aloss as to how to describe it to Google.

David

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A.K.A. David Pennington
main man on the Sunset and North Eastern R.R.
http://www.gmrblog.co.uk
from the UK

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