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Total Oil (Hunslet East) Leeds Terminal - now demolished and the site cleared. The rare aerial photograph of the terminal (given to all Total Oil Leeds employees 1970-1972) may be of interest to modellers. See separate posting for an insider view of the workings of a large oil terminal.

Total Oil (Hunslet East) Leeds Terminal is now demolished and the site cleared. An insider view of the workings of a large oil terminal, with introduction featuring Lindsey Oil Refinery (L.O.R.) Killingholme, a Total/Petrofina project.Total Oil - LOR & Terminals.docxTOGB Terminal Storage.xlsx Photographs of Total Oil Leeds Terminal including a rare aerial photograph (given to all Total Leeds employees 1970-1972) also appear on a separate entry. Total Oil - LOR & Terminals.docx

In Leeds the Hunslet East Branch ran from Neville Hill to two oil terminals, one being the Total Oil (Great Britain) Ltd terminal, the most modern in Europe when opened in 1968. A British Railways subsidiary Oil Rail Terminals Ltd (ORT) operated the two rail discharge sidings/ pumping operations for both terminals. Photograph provided by ex Total Oil Leeds (Stocks) employee. Aerial picture of the terminal, perhaps of interest to modellers, to follow when available. (Ref to separate entry for information on operations at Total Oil Leeds terminal, with facts and figures on Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) and the rail exports to Total Oil Leeds).

In Leeds the Hunslet East branch ran from Neville Hill to two oil terminals, one being the Total Oil (Great Britain) Ltd terminal, the most modern in Europe when opened in 1968. A British Railways subsidiary Oil Rail Terminals Ltd (ORT) operated the two rail discharge sidings/ pumping operations for both terminals. Insider view by ex Total Oil (Stocks) employee, of operations at Total Oil Leeds terminal, with facts and figures on Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) and the rail exports to Total Oil Leeds. (Refer to separate entry for photograph of Total Oil Leeds. Aerial picture, perhaps of interest to modellers, to follow when available). Total Oil - LOR & Terminals.docx TOGB Terminal Storage.xlsx