How many gallons of diesel can a locomotives tank carry?

Answer 1

Assuming you mean the cargo and not the fuel to power the tanker...

172 million gallons of oil. (42 gallons per barrel, times 4.1m bbl per the article below)

"Supertankers" are generally defined as those greater than 250,000 tonnes deadweight (meaning the maximum weight they can carry when fully loaded). Today's supertankers, on average, can carry about 2 million barrels or 84 million gallons of crude oil and petroleum product. The largest supertanker in the world is the Norwegian-owned Knock Nevis which is 647,955 tonnes deadweight and can hold 4.1 million barrels of petroleum.

Source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Saudi_Arabia/pdf.pdf

Answer 2

Actually, railroad tank sizes differ as much or more in volumetric capacity than their road-going counterparts.

The nominal sizes range from 15,800 US gallons to 33,600 US gallons. Importantly, in context, American Railcar is not the only manufacturer of railroad tank cars; other manufacturers offer rail tank cars in a variety of additional sizes.

Your question isn't quite as open-ended as "how long is a rope," but it's close.

Answer 3

how many gallons of gas does and underground gas pump hold

Answer 4

I think the Pontiac grand am holds about 16 gallons, but I don't know about others. Next time you get gas just watch the gallons reader on the pump.

Answer 5

Most of the "Long Haul" locomotives have a fuel capacity of 5000 gallons.