The Atlantic and Southern Build Thread Continued, Part 2

[Oldguy]

Your quality of workmanship continues to amaze me.  The layout looks fantastic.

As to OSHA - it don't exist in your time frame.  So one just has to figure out what your legal beagles would want to do to minimize lawsuits.

For the tank's dike.  You ain't got the room for one.  Current codes (NFPA) require, in your case, for the dike to hold the tanks largest volume of flammable material.  I have no clue as to when diking became a thing, but I doubt there was in your time frame.  So I guess do what ever suits your eye and not to meet any code or regulation.  Of course, with a dike, you may need to provide a fixed ladder for your little people up and over the dike wall.  There is a need to provide for a valved outlet to drain all the rainwater out of the enclosure that will accumulate over the course of a year.

[LongHornCaddy]

Excellent Tom!

[postalkarl]

Hi Tom:

Looks absolutely beautiful as always.

Karl

[ACL1504]

Very nice modeling. The patina on the pipes is right on the mark.

Curt,

Thanks very much. By the way, thanks for stopping by Wednesday to meet Frank. We had a great time.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Backing up a few photos or days, what is the approximate volume of the storage tank that's scaled over the Tortise machine: in 1:1, how many gallons of fuel would that rascal hold? Driving uptown this afternoon I noticed a local oil dealer has a similar tank and the barrier ring around it is three cinder block courses high, There must be a formula out there that says how high the "ring" should be in relation to the volume of the tank. My quick fix if I was faced with this problem would be to look for something cylindrical like the cardboard center of the roll of tape in one of your photos and face it with something replicating concrete or cinder blocks. But who am I to tell the master how to do anything?

Chip,

I'm not sure what the volume formula is and I know I don't have the room for the proper one anyway. This was long prior to OSHA sticking their noses in every ones business.

I think the purpose of the retaining wall is to stop the flow of overflows or slow leaks; however, I'm only guessing here.

Thank you for stopping by and posting your thoughts.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Excellent Tom. Is the color difference in the scenery due to different colors used, or is it the fading after 2 years.  Not sure from the photo's , but I think I like the older faded colors a bit better.

Jan,

Thank for the comments and the compliment.

The color difference is due slightly to fading but I didn't use a lot of green in this area the first time around. Also, I must admit the bright green colors are due to me getting lazy and hitting the "auto adjust colors" button on the photo program. Even thought this layout is always late spring early summer, the colors on the layout aren't actually as green as they appear on the forum.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Hi Tom:

It just looks better every time I see it.

Karl

Karl,

You are very kind, thank you.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Wow Tom!  I go away to this Expo thingie for a few days and you've made some impressive progress.  The updated scenery is really looking good, and the whole fuel complex is superb.  It looks like it'll be 2018 before I can get down your way to check out things in person...ugh!

Mark,

I feel like I've been slacking off some but I'm still plugging away at the fuel facility. Thank you as well for the scenery compliment, much appreciated.

As far as I know, pending any act of God calling me home, I should be here all of 2108.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Your quality of workmanship continues to amaze me.  The layout looks fantastic.

As to OSHA - it don't exist in your time frame.  So one just has to figure out what your legal beagles would want to do to minimize lawsuits.

For the tank's dike.  You ain't got the room for one.  Current codes (NFPA) require, in your case, for the dike to hold the tanks largest volume of flammable material.  I have no clue as to when diking became a thing, but I doubt there was in your time frame.  So I guess do what ever suits your eye and not to meet any code or regulation.  Of course, with a dike, you may need to provide a fixed ladder for your little people up and over the dike wall.  There is a need to provide for a valved outlet to drain all the rainwater out of the enclosure that will accumulate over the course of a year.

Bob,

Thank you for the very generous compliment on my layout.

Reference the tank thing, I think it looks better without the dike wall anyway. A spill is a spill and if it happens, I'll just torch it off. I'm very good at starting fires.

So, there will be no dike wall on this tank.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Excellent Tom!

Leo,

Good to see you and thank you for the compliment.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Hi Tom:

Looks absolutely beautiful as always.

Karl

Karl,

Thank you my friend as always.


Tom

[jerryrbeach]

Your quality of workmanship continues to amaze me.  The layout looks fantastic.

As to OSHA - it don't exist in your time frame.  So one just has to figure out what your legal beagles would want to do to minimize lawsuits.

For the tank's dike.  You ain't got the room for one.  Current codes (NFPA) require, in your case, for the dike to hold the tanks largest volume of flammable material.  I have no clue as to when diking became a thing, but I doubt there was in your time frame.  So I guess do what ever suits your eye and not to meet any code or regulation.  Of course, with a dike, you may need to provide a fixed ladder for your little people up and over the dike wall.  There is a need to provide for a valved outlet to drain all the rainwater out of the enclosure that will accumulate over the course of a year.

Bob,

Thank you for the very generous compliment on my layout.

Reference the tank thing, I think it looks better without the dike wall anyway. A spill is a spill and if it happens, I'll just torch it off. I'm very good at starting fires.

So, there will be no dike wall on this tank.

Tom

Tom, Does one of the new vehicles you just received from Raymo happen to be a fire truck?

[ACL1504]

Your quality of workmanship continues to amaze me.  The layout looks fantastic.

As to OSHA - it don't exist in your time frame.  So one just has to figure out what your legal beagles would want to do to minimize lawsuits.

For the tank's dike.  You ain't got the room for one.  Current codes (NFPA) require, in your case, for the dike to hold the tanks largest volume of flammable material.  I have no clue as to when diking became a thing, but I doubt there was in your time frame.  So I guess do what ever suits your eye and not to meet any code or regulation.  Of course, with a dike, you may need to provide a fixed ladder for your little people up and over the dike wall.  There is a need to provide for a valved outlet to drain all the rainwater out of the enclosure that will accumulate over the course of a year.

Bob,

Thank you for the very generous compliment on my layout.

Reference the tank thing, I think it looks better without the dike wall anyway. A spill is a spill and if it happens, I'll just torch it off. I'm very good at starting fires.

So, there will be no dike wall on this tank.

Tom

Tom, Does one of the new vehicles you just received from Raymo happen to be a fire truck?

Jerry,

Ha, great question. No firetrucks in this lot. I do have a few for the layout but none from Raymo.

I'll be posting his vehicles in about an hour here on the A&S thread as well as on the Raymo Vehicle thread.

Tom

[ACL1504]

There has been much vehicle traffic on the A&S RR this cool day in Tahope County.

Here we see a Raymo 10 wheel semi on the bridge over the Suwannee River.

[ACL1504]

Behind the semi we see an Army Staff car in front of an Army Recruit bus.



They must be going to the train station to pick up new recruits.