Updates – Overland Trains

There were 6 Overland Trains

When I watch or read about Overland Trains, authors typically forget, or don’t know, that there are 6 of them.…

The Sno-Train arrived in Houghton Michigan in the middle of February 1956. It would stay there until early April 1956,…

When R. G. LeTourneau, Inc. engineers were calculating the Mark 2’s electrical systems, they had to consider electrical systems and…

The Overland Train Mark 2 performance standards were proposed in 1958 to R. G. LeTourneau, Inc. Engineers had to work…

The Sno-Train arrived in Greenland in June 1956. It was being tested in extreme conditions. The Army Transportation Corps was…

The Sno-Train’s power car and 3 cargo cars have square axles in front. These square axles were responsible for steering…

When the United States Army decided to sell the Sno-Train as surplus, it came with a parts inventory valued at…

When I started researching the Overland Trains book, I thought that I had a pretty good idea of how to…

The Overland Mark 2 SOLAR 10MC gas turbines were an off the shelf product at the time of their use…

A few weeks ago, I published an image of a SOLAR 10MC (Model Saturn T-1020S-4) gas turbine being installed within…

My original deadline for publishing at the end of 2021 has come and gone. Researching, learning, and writing has evolved…