Re: [MV] questions and fate of the Army Arctic Land Train-some answers

From: Jason & Jennifer Frisch (jenjas@cox.net)
Date: Tue Aug 16 2005 - 13:01:04 PDT


I thought I've seen a special about big foot monster truck and the actual
tires for the big big foot truck was taken from some of the land train cars
someone had in a salvage yard. They even showed pictures of the old cars...

Jason
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From: "Marc Strangfeld" <mjstrangfeld@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] questions and fate of the Army Arctic Land Train-some
answers

> Mike
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> The Land Train was built be Robert Gilmour Letourneau.
> Letourneau was a genious. R.G. is credited with a
> great number of inventions such as: the bulldozer
> blade, ripper, modern scraper (ie, Tournapull), rubber
> tired dozer, electric wheel, the use of large rubber
> tires, and of course the Land Trains. He also was one
> of the first manufacturers to use gas, and later,
> electric welding when most other companies were still
> using rivets. Before dedicating his work to
> manufacturing he was a large contractor, building many
> roads and dams throughout California as well as the
> road through Hoover Dam (you can still see the
> original road off to the side as you come up from the
> South on Hwy. 93. I highly suggest his autobiography
> "Mover of Men and Mountains" it's still in print but
> usually has to be special ordered. You can also find
> copies on Ebay. A book that provides some detail on
> the Land Train is written by Eric C. Orlemann it's
> called "Letourneau Earthmovers" The Land Train you
> ask about was called the TC-497 Overland Train MkII,
> it had four Solar 10 MC gas turbine engines rated at
> 1,170 hp each. Freight capacity was 150 tons.
> Overall length was 572'. The Army took delivery in
> February 1962 only to never use it because it was
> obsolete by the time they got it. Supposedly the
> front control car (locomotive) is preserved in Yuma,
> AZ at the Yuma Proving Ground Heritage Center.
>
> Hope this helps some,
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> Marc
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