fuel depot ideas

Bob,

old coffee cans, both squat and tall, cylindrical types and old tank cars removed from the chassis frame and trucks.

RJL

Bob,

I was thinking of just using a regular tankcar that can be moved to/from a siding for fueling.  Takes up a lot less space and would make for some decent switching ops.  Same with sand, coal, and water.  All that would be needed is some ground clutter like hoses, valve stands, etc.  A coal conveyor that collects coal underneath a hopper then dumps it into the tender when needed.

 

Here are two photos of "Neimeyer Oil", named after a dear friend of Hot Water and I.  The scene is on Hot Water's Central Connecting Railroad.

 

The buildings and tanks are from the Walthers kit, two sets of tanks, one old, one set is clean and is just getting installed.  Note the bulldozer building the berm around the new tanks. 

 

The fence is a Brennan kit that Hot Water put together.  I built, painted, and weathered the Walthers kit, and did the scenery.  Gene Kutina repainted the vehicles for Neimeyer oil, and weathered them up.  

 

Regards,

GNNPNUT

 

 

 

 

Now, I am assuming this fuel depot is like a bulk dealer of oil/gas in a small town, from what I can see from the models.  Now, I did see something that could be modelled as a fuel depot for the modern period this weekend.  UP had 1982, 1988, 1996, 2010 and another AC4400 were at the Houston Amtrak station for the Scouts and UP Family Day.  UP fueled the units with a short diesel tanker.

Pringle cans, and cores from paper towels and toilet pater can be a foundation for narrow tall towers.

Left over sections of PVC plumbing would be more durable. Hardware stores and plumbers have to have some spare sections of PVC tubes they can give or sell.

 

Andrew

Here's some lionel tanks, and a tank made of a 10" plastic pipe cap.

The 2 smaller gray tanks are the oil and water tanks for the oil well pumping unit and the flowing oil well on the left of this picture.

Assorted sizes and heights of PVC pipe are the preferred "go to" item.

Cheap, easy to work with, easy to paint, easy to detail.