Overland Trains

Category: Greenland

  • 25 Years at Thule Air Base, Greenland Mug

    I purchased this 25 years at Thule Air Base, Greenland mug at eBay. The mug shows the Air Base and Mount Dundas in the background.

  • thule1954.com

    thule1954.com

    Nate Galbreath’s page at http://thule1954.com is being redirected to a GeoCities page with the same content at http://www.geocities.ws/nategal/. The domain and hosting was no longer active. I purchased the domain and redirected to his active site.

    screenshot of Nate Galbreath’s website homepage as seen on 3nov20

  • New DEW Line Challenge Coin & Beanie

    Writing the Overland Trains book has made me more sentimental. Conversations with individuals and their kin about the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line, Alaska, and Yukon history made me realize that many of the historical artifacts and accompanying stories are being lost to children that “just don’t have the space” and degradation due to time. I will buy artifacts like the DEW Line beanie and challenge coin to preserve them for history and others to enjoy. The beanie seller said that it “Came from the estate of a gentleman stationed on the DEW line in the 70s.”

    Vinatge Alaska Dewline Beanie Ski Dew Line Point Barrow Pom USAF and challenge coin

  • North American Alert and Warning Networks

    Pine Tree Line – radar, planned 1946, handed over to Canada on 10Jan55

    Mid-Canada Line or McGill Fence – 1956-1965
    DEW Line – radio frequency tripwire 1957-1993, most deactivated 1988, the remaining upgraded
    Green Pine Network – UHF, designed 1967, phased out in 1987
    North Warning System (NWS) – radar, 1988-2025, Ratheon, AN/FPS-117 and short range AN/FPS-124 surveillance radars
    Upgrade – As part of the United States Air Force new Arctic Strategy, their is a proposed upgrade occurring in 2025.

    Others
    The U.S. Navy also operates the Raytheon TPS-71 Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar(ROTHR)

  • Army Sno-Train image dated April 13, 1956

    The Army’s Sno-Train is carrying a 12-ton load of an unspecified material. Even though images include dates, and sometimes locations, they can be wrong. I look for clues that could help me establish a possible location. For example, in March of 1956, the Sno-Train was shipped from the factory in Longview, TX to Houghton, MI for testing. The Sno-Train image doesn’t show a V-shaped push guard under the main cab. This addition wasn’t added until it arrived in Greenland in 1956. Images like this tell a story. You just have to know where to look.

    LeTourneau Army Sno-Train dated 13Apr56

  • LCC-1 Photo Received: New Perspective

    My photo from Coots Imagery arrived this weekend. It is an original press photo with types metadata on the reverse. I was really excited to see that the original photo includes a rear perspective of the LCC-1 as it accomplished the supply mission to Camp Century. The image typically seen on the internet (below) cuts out the LCC-1 and only shows the freight car.

    Source: U.S. Army Photos
    Source: U.S. Army Photos

  • LCC-1 Sno-Train Photo

    I found and bought a fantastic photo of the LCC-1 Sno Train on eBay yesterday. I’ve seen this photo on the net, but didn’t have any verifiable background to the source.

    Source: U.S. Army Photos

    As part of the photo purchase, it comes with a typed description (metadata) about the photo. This photo was captured on 25June55 at Camp Century, Greenland. Camp Century was part of Project Iceworm. The barrels mounted to the side of the freight cars are Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL). The base was abandoned and decommissioned in 1967. Historic photographs like this are available from Coots Imagery and Historic Images to name a few.