How do you Sell a Sno-Train?
Well, you can sell it on eBay of course! When the Sno-Train’s owner past away in 2009, his son was left to liquidate the machine. There were a number of…
LCC-1-Sno-Train
68 posts
The Sno-Train in Greenland
When the Sno-Train arrived in Greenland, it logged over 2,000 miles across the Ice Cap. Several men that were stationed in Camp Tuto, Thule Air Base, and others captured these…
Recovering the Sno-Freighter with the Sno-Train
On the Alaska Freight Lines Sno-Freighter’s third journey resupplying the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line stations, it jackknifed and caught fire. The machine sat immobilized for five years in a…
R. G. LeTourneau’s Overland Trains: a complete history is now AVAILABLE
I started writing this book in February of 2020. Two and a half years later, I have captured the most complete Overland Trains story ever published. Buy the book now…
Sno-Train with Army Leadership
The Sno-Train was routinely shown at military ceremonies and publicity events. Seen below is Brig. Gen. Chester V. Clifton, Deputy Chief of Information for the Army. His right shoulder is…
Sno-Train at the Yukon Transportation Museum July 2020
During the course of the last two and a half years, I’ve been contacted or I have reached out to nearly a hundred or so people. Some of these contacts…
A Draft Cover for the Overland Trains Book
I have been working on the Overland Trains book cover this last week. This is a draft cover and title so far. September 12th is the tentative release date. The…
Tentative Book Pre-Release Date – September 14, 2022
I have been working on the Overland Trains story for the past two and a half years. It has taken me hundreds of hours, if not thousands to complete the…
The Sno-Train’s Last Overland Journey to the Yukon Transportation Museum
The Sno-Train was purchased by a private party in 2010. After its purchase, a company was hired to transport the Sno-Train and its wheels to the Yukon Transportation Museum in…
Sno-Train in Houghton, MI for Testing
The Sno-Train departed R. G. LeTourneau, Inc in early February, 1956, to the Army’s Houghton, MI testing grounds. It arrived in the middle of February, 1956. It was tested alongside…
The Overland Train and Project Mobility
Project Mobility occurred from June 5-10, 1961 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. During the 6 day exercise, The United States Army Transportation Training Command conducted daily demonstrations at Fort Eustis and…
Sno-Train Model Driving up a Hill
I purchased a model of the Sno-Train from a talented individual on Instagram. I am a grown adult, but playing with models is still fun!