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.
French national railways oil storage depots
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 89 , n 4 ; p 103-104
1948
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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