Hot Water Wrote:
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> 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?


It's ok, Hotwater. Nudge always has good stories to tell. Makes you cringe today to think how much fuel and oil the railroads spilled into the earth at terminals.