Plans provided for erection of storage tanks at base and at relay depots for supplying tenders with fuel for return to base; tank capacity sufficient for 10 days supply; 50 storage centers planned; capacity ranged from 22,000 gal in small relay depot with one standpipe to 440,000 gal with four standpipes at largest depots; diagram shows pumping system and direction of oil flow for transferring fuel from tank car to storage tank and from storage tank to standpipe and locomotive.


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    Title :

    French national railways oil storage depots


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1948


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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