R. G. LeTourneau's Overland Trains
  • Home
  • Latest Articles
  • About
  • Buy the Book
  • Facebook Page
Latest Updates
  • Sno-Buggy Testing in Greenland with Aircraft Overhead February 6, 2023
  • How Did the TC-497 Overland Train Steer? February 4, 2023
  • YouTuber Calum Visits the TC-497 in Yuma Proving Ground January 26, 2023
  • Home
  • Latest Articles
  • About
  • Buy the Book
  • Facebook Page
Buy the Book
R. G. LeTourneau's Overland Trains

a complete history

R. G. LeTourneau's Overland Trains
  • Home
  • Latest Articles
  • About
  • Buy the Book
  • Facebook Page
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train

A Nuclear Sno-Train

  • August 24, 2020
  • site-admin

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 be movable on semitrailers, railroad flatcars, or barges. The January 15, 1958 United State House of Representatives record relates the following.

The Army’s Nuclear Power Program was heavily scaled back in 1966 because of budget cuts related to the Vietnam War. Nuclear power never found its way to any of the 6 Overland Trains.

Related Topics
  • nucelar
  • U.S. Army
site-admin

Previous Article
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train
  • VC-22 Sno-Freighter

LeTourneau’s Monsters

  • August 19, 2020
  • site-admin
View Post
Next Article
  • TC-497 Overland Train

Overland MkII (TC-497) Cab Restoration

  • August 30, 2020
  • site-admin
View Post
You May Also Like
View Post
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train

Sno-Train Augmented Reality

  • site-admin
  • January 14, 2023
View Post
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train

Yukon Transportation Museum Beta Testing new Virtual Reality Sno-Train

  • site-admin
  • December 29, 2022
View Post
  • general-history
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train
  • R.G. LeTourneau
  • research
  • TC-497 Overland Train
  • VC-22 Sno-Freighter

Received LeTourneau NOW Newsletters 1953-1966

  • site-admin
  • December 13, 2022
View Post
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train

Holiday Sno-Train 2022

  • site-admin
  • December 9, 2022
View Post
  • Book updates
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train

Buy Your Copy of R. G. LeTourneau’s Overland Trains Today on Amazon

  • site-admin
  • November 26, 2022
View Post
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train

U.S. Army Transportation Logistics Train Concepts with the Sno-Train and Tournamotive

  • site-admin
  • November 20, 2022
View Post
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train

How do you Sell a Sno-Train?

  • site-admin
  • November 18, 2022
View Post
  • Greenland
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train

The Sno-Train in Greenland

  • site-admin
  • October 29, 2022
About OverlandTrains.com

OverlandTrains.com is a companion to R. G. LeTourneau’s Overland Trains: a complete history. Now available on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFL91FX6

Recent Articles
  • Sno-Buggy Testing in Greenland with Aircraft Overhead February 6, 2023
  • How Did the TC-497 Overland Train Steer? February 4, 2023
  • YouTuber Calum Visits the TC-497 in Yuma Proving Ground January 26, 2023
  • R. G. LeTourneau’s Last Remaining Tournalaid Homes Face Demolition January 23, 2023
  • Overland Train TC-497 and Buggy Fan Art January 20, 2023
Topics
  • Alaska Freight Lines (21)
  • Book updates (51)
  • Books-Reading (12)
  • DEW Line (16)
  • general-history (51)
  • Gold Digger (2)
  • Greenland (27)
  • LCC-1-Sno-Train (62)
  • Nuclear (12)
  • R.G. LeTourneau (19)
  • research (32)
  • Side Dump Train (4)
  • TC-264 LeTourneau Sno-Buggy (12)
  • TC-266 Marsh Buggy (7)
  • TC-497 Overland Train (60)
  • Thompson Trailer (1)
  • Tournatrain (8)
  • Uncategorized (2)
  • VC-12 Tournatrain (8)
  • VC-22 Sno-Freighter (30)
  • Yukon (4)
Reach Out
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook Overland Trains page
  • Email
site content by Mark Moore
R. G. LeTourneau's Overland Trains
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook Overland Trains page
  • Email
R. G. LeTourneau's Overland Trains

Input your search keywords and press Enter.