ENG QUITS AS FUEL TANK RUNS DRY.

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WHILE ENRTE FROM KTB TO N WHALE; WWP; THE ENG SUDDENLY QUIT. I HAD NOTICED THE REAR TANK WAS GETTING LOW AND I WAS ANTICIPATING A TANK CHANGE; SO RETURN OF FUEL FLOW WAS AS SIMPLE AS SWITCHING TANKS AND OPERATING THE WOBBLE (LAND) PUMP UNTIL THE ENG DRIVEN PUMP KICKED IN. THE REAR TANK HOWEVER; STILL SHOWED JUST UNDER 1/5 OF A TANK. THE FRONT AND CTR TANKS HAD APPROX 1 HR OF FUEL IN EACH STILL. THIS ACFT WAS NOT MY NORMALLY ASSIGNED PLANE -- I HAD NEVER FLOWN IT BEFORE. EACH PLANE I HAD FLOWN PREVIOUSLY HAD GAUGES THAT READ EMPTY WHEN THERE WAS ACTUALLY A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF FUEL LEFT. ALSO; THERE IS A LOW FUEL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO COME ON WHEN THE FUEL PRESSURE DROPS BELOW 3 PSI (NORMAL IS 5 PSI). THIS LIGHT ILLUMINATES 15-30 SECONDS BEFORE THE ENG STOPS (I FOUND THIS OUT LATER; TRYING THE REAR TANK WHILE SITTING AT THE DOCK). BUT THE LIGHT IS DOWN BELOW THE FUEL GAUGES WHICH ARE BELOW THE R KNEE OF THE PLT. FACTORS: FATIGUE: I HAD BEEN ON DUTY SINCE EARLY AM AND HAD OVER 6 1/2 HRS OF FLYING UP TO THE EVENT. OUR REGULAR DUTY TIMES ARE THE MAX ALLOWED -- 14 HRS/DAY; 6 DAYS/WK. WX: MARGINAL VFR -- THE NORMAL WX FOR SE AK. INACCURATE FUEL GAUGE: FARS STATE THAT THE ONLY TIME A FUEL GAUGE MUST READ CORRECTLY IS WHEN IT IS EMPTY. LOCATION OF FUEL GAUGES AND LOW PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT: SOME OF OUR ACFT HAVE THIS LIGHT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PLT'S FACE -- WHERE IT SHOULD BE -- NOT BELOW YOUR KNEE. AN UNFAMILIAR ACFT: THIS WAS NOT MY USUALLY ASSIGNED PLANE AND NO ONE HAD MENTIONED THIS 'QUIRK' TO ME. RESULTS: THE PLANE IS TO BE SENT TO MAINT AND THE TANK IS TO BE PULLED. ALSO; I THINK I WILL LEAVE THE LAST 1/5 OF EACH TANK ALONE FROM NOW ON.