Below, the Overland Train MkII rolls along with a Cargo Car and Power Car in Yuma, AZ. There is no backstory for this image and the source is unknown. This week was largely spent working on the TC-497 chapter. Phase I of the Army’s contract for R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. to create the Overland Train, was to build out the preliminary design. Using data from the Sno-Train (LCC-1), LeTourneau engineers worked out the gaps and started work on the machine you see below.
When R. G. LeTourneau, Inc. engineers were calculating the Mark 2's electrical systems, they had to consider electrical systems and…
Continue ReadingThe Overland Train Mark 2 performance standards were proposed in 1958 to R. G. LeTourneau, Inc. Engineers had to work…
Continue ReadingThe Sno-Train arrived in Greenland in June 1956. It was being tested in extreme conditions. The Army Transportation Corps was…
Continue ReadingThe Sno-Train's power car and 3 cargo cars have square axles in front. These square axles were responsible for steering…
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