Updates – Page 5 – R. G. LeTourneau's Overland Trains

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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Breaking Down the “Le Tourneau Cross-Country Freighter”

The November 10, 1962 issue of Eagle (England) published a cutaway image of the Alaska Freight Lines Sno-Freighter. While the drawing is inaccurate on a few details, it shows the…

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Kindle eBook Delayed Until September 23, 2022

I received the author’s proof a few days ago. Since then, I have paged through the entire book and made some minor corrections, mostly formatting. In order to release the…

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Book Writing Update for September 5, 2022: Author’s Proofs Arrived Today

An author’s proof is a non-retail book printing for the author’s review. This is the final review step before releasing the book to the public for sale. I paid a…

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Sno-Freighter at Bear Creek Machine Shop – Then and Now

After the Sno-Freighter jackknifed and caught fire, it sat for several years in a valley east of Eagle. When the Sno-Freighter was recovered, it was moved to the Bear Creek…

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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…

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Book Writing Update: August 30, 2022

I finished the manuscript for the Overland Trains story this morning. Once I uploaded it to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), it presented me with a printing cost per region.…

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Book Writing Update: Kindle eBook Version is Available for Pre-Order

The Amazon Kindle eBook is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Click on the thumbnail cover below

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Book Writing Update: August 9, 2022

I finished corrections to the Kindle eBook version this morning. I uploaded the file to the Kindle platform for automated review, which should take up to 72 hours. I am…

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Book Writing Update: August 7, 2022

I completed final edits this week. I have incorporated the Foreward and Acknowledgements pages. I have one section in the Sno-Train’s history that is still in the works and should…

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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…

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