Re: Diesel locomotive fuel markings
Author: Hot Water
Date: 01-07-2021 - 17:52
Nudge Wrote:
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> When I hired out, there were only one or two
> nozzles allowed to fill a unit. One of them was
> really stupid. You would sit and watch gauges that
> didn't work so when it was full, the over flow
> started gushing diesel. Okay, next motor, same
> thing. So, you had to wait for a fuel truck, with
> the right nozzles.
>
> I could go on but there are plenty of "fueling"
> things down the line. I think it was the late 70s
> when the SP changed ALL their nozzles to one
> type.
>
>
> Nudge
What does that have to do with the original poster's question about the red paint on the fuel fills?