Re: D&S Fuel Oil Car - History
| November 23, 2019 07:38AM |
The car was set up in its present configuration by the Georgetown Loop and used to fuel the Loop's steam locomotives until 2004. On the Loop, the oil was pumped out of the car into the locomotive's tender by a steam driven pump mounted on the tank car, steam being provided by the locomotive being fueled.
GLFT 1, as the car was known then, alongside the Silver Plume engine house in 1996. (photo by Steve Peck) Note the steam pump mounted below the walkway.
A shot of the car in Durango on October 11. The steam pump is gone and in its place is what looks to be an air powered pump.
Jason Midyette
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/2019 07:50AM by Jason Midyette.
GLFT 1, as the car was known then, alongside the Silver Plume engine house in 1996. (photo by Steve Peck) Note the steam pump mounted below the walkway.
A shot of the car in Durango on October 11. The steam pump is gone and in its place is what looks to be an air powered pump.
Jason Midyette
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/2019 07:50AM by Jason Midyette.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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