Still inspired by the MRL depot at Vienne-le-Château, near Suippes, I deal in this second instalment with fuel supplies for my locomotives. The photograph shows a coal stage as large as the water tower. It consists of a border made of briquettes that hold in place a comfortable reserve of mixed coal and briquettes. I modelled it using laser-cut card and real coal. As for the petrol-driven tractors, and due to a lack of documentation, I imagined a very basic installation consisting of a Japy pump – made out of polystyrene – and 200 litre drums.
And to finish off the work on my depot, I took particular care with the ground. The ground of an active steam depot is quite something! What with coal, oil, water, ash and clinker,
