I came across a Instagram page called C.D.G. Customs (https://www.instagram.com/c.d.g.customs/). The page creator built an amazing LCC-1 LeTourneau Sno-Train. Go and give his page some… Read More »LCC-1 Sno-Train 3D Printed Model
The LeTourneau Sno-Train, or LCC-1, is propped up at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse, YT. Inside the Sno-Train, the instrument panel sits, largely in… Read More »The LeTourneau Sno-Train (LCC-1) Instrument Panel
The image below is from the TCREC Technical Report 61-118. This report outlines scale model tests for various tires in snow an sand.
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… Read More »Army Sno-Train image dated April 13, 1956
As early as 1956, the United States Army Nuclear Power Program had been researching and developing a compact nuclear power plant. These compact reactors would… Read More »A Nuclear Sno-Train
“The Monster” was noted in a Canadian geology publication. Local residents saw the VC-22 Sno-Freighter abandoned for many years. It’s awesome size led to the… Read More »LeTourneau’s Monsters
The Yukon Transportation Museum posted this Tweet in 2016. I still love it! Christmas is coming and we are getting ready! pic.twitter.com/2fWWIrkOuC — YTM (@go_YTM)… Read More »Christmas LCC-1 Drawing
The Cummins VT-12 produced 600 horsepower for the Logistical Cargo Carrier – 1 (LCC-1). The images below show the engine used in the LCC-1 with… Read More »Engines used in the LCC-1
The Sno-Buggy was built as a proof of concept for the LCC-1 Sno-Train. Here are some other names that you might see associated with the… Read More »The LCC-1 Sno-Train has many names
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… Read More »LCC-1 Photo Received: New Perspective