Updates – Page 3 – R. G. LeTourneau's Overland Trains

How to Tell the Difference Between Thompson Trailer and TC-497 Wheels

Thompson Trailers were unpowered trailers used from 1959 to around 1968. The trailers were towed by the Sno-Train, D8/D9 CATs, and other equipment; they had a load rating of 10-tons.…

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Gold Digger Driving through Nome, AK

Gold Digger was a custom-built gold dredging machine. It was built by Lloyd Molby, an extremely talented engineer and builder. Here are a few images from it’s time rolling through…

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This is Gold Digger

This is Gold Digger. It was built by a man named Lloyd Molby in Longview, TX. It used wheels and a trailer from the TC-497 as the platform. Unlike LeTourneau’s…

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Sno-Freighter Without Paint

The image below is the Alaska Freight Lines Sno-Freighter, built in January-February of 1955. This image is dated February-March 1955. There is a healthy post discussion about it on the…

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TC-266 Marsh Buggy

TC-266 Marsh Buggy Roaming through the Brush

This image of the TC-266 Marsh Buggy was scanned from R. L. LeTourneau’s photo diary. You can see the tape remnants still on the top of the photograph. Once the…

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Book updates

Author’s Copies Received

Using Amazon KDP, I can order up to 999 Author’s Copies of my book. Amazon sells me these copies at the printing cost, which is around $28 per book. I…

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Presenting at the Alaska Historical Society Annual Conference – October 15, 2022

On October 15, 2022, I will virtually present at the Alaska Historical Society Annual Conference. The presentation track is called “Conflicts Over Transportation.” If you would like to view any…

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Book updates

The First Books are Starting to Arrive

I received a message from an acquaintance on Twitter this evening that his book finally arrived. As part of the book release, I have paid for a handful of copies…

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Book updates

That First Time You See Your Book on Kindle

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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…

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Book Writing Update September 14, 2022: 2nd Author’s Proof Arrived

After comparing the PDF proof that Amazon generates versus what is printed in the book, I am confident that the content is comparable. After making some formatting changes, mainly on…

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South Ural State University is Building an “Overland Train”

South Ural State University is engineering an Overland Train. It’s purpose is multi-faceted. A one-page slide describes it as an “Arctic road train with transportable functional module.” It will include…

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