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I'm bashing around ideas for an oil refinery plan for my HO modular club (Hi Bob and Andrew), but I'm severely hampered by my near total ignorance of how refineries and railroads interact. Wondering if anybody here has advice or suggestions on where to go looking for more information.
I'm assuming modern-period, but selectively compressed to an extreme degree. Since the crude arrives via pipeline, I guess the only significant inbound traffic would be fuel additives (in e.g. funnel-flow tank cars). Outbound I have no clue. Is there such a thing as a refinery that only ships LPG by rail, or would it ship a variety of products in many different types of railcar?
Appreciate any and all input I can get.
AJ
I'm bashing around ideas for an oil refinery plan for my HO modular club (Hi Bob and Andrew), but I'm severely hampered by my near total ignorance of how refineries and railroads interact. Wondering if anybody here has advice or suggestions on where to go looking for more information.
I'm assuming modern-period, but selectively compressed to an extreme degree. Since the crude arrives via pipeline, I guess the only significant inbound traffic would be fuel additives (in e.g. funnel-flow tank cars). Outbound I have no clue. Is there such a thing as a refinery that only ships LPG by rail, or would it ship a variety of products in many different types of railcar?
Appreciate any and all input I can get.
AJ