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Re: Octan Fuel Storage Tanks - Fueling Train Car Question
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:46:00 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Scott Sanburn writes:
> TO All the Train Guru's out there,
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> I am building two Octan Fuel Storage tanks for the MLTC GATS display in
> Grand Rapids, Michigan and I have a question. How do the tanker cars get
> fuel from those round tanks? Is there a special mechanism or is it done some
> other way?
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> I have been looking around for awhile now, but have not seen anything yet.
> ANy help is appreciated!
Like Rob said there is a small platform called a "fuel rack"... it has
underplatform flexible pipes that connect to tank car bottom drains and it
has pipes mounted on arms (small cranes, sort of) that can bring fuel to the
expansion dome fill point on the top of the tanker. (you need both kinds
because you want to be able to both receive and originate shipments)
Often time, in the interests of selective compression, a refinery model on a
layout will consist of the fuel rack, a staging tank and maybe one
picturesque cracking tower, with the rows and rows of massive tanks in the
tank farm elided...
++Lar
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| Larry and all, (...) Right, well, I might have to build two separate fuel racks, because of the layout. It should nto be too hard, I can use those newer tubes from various sets with the TECHNIC peg attachments. One for the top, one for the bottom. I (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| TO All the Train Guru's out there, I am building two Octan Fuel Storage tanks for the MLTC GATS display in Grand Rapids, Michigan and I have a question. How do the tanker cars get fuel from those round tanks? Is there a special mechanism or is it (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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