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‘Sno-Train’Burns OutNear EagleAlaska Freight Lines giant Sno-Train is reported to be “burned out'1 some 58 miles north of Eagle. Luke Riley, who was driving the “monster” back to Eagle from the Arctic coast, hit a wrong lever going down an incline which threw the machine into reverse. The resultant mechanical confusion caused the engine to explode and burn out. ' j EJohn Clark, project officer for! c the Cat-Train” hauling contract! c that AFL holds with the government, flew to Eagle this morning to check on damages to the big piece of mobile overland hauler.“The Monster” had been bogged down on the Arctic coast since! ti the winter of 1955 when it successfully completed a- unique supply hauling expedition in the unbroken wilderness to DEW-Iine construction posts. It was necessary to wait until this winter to bring it back, south since it can only travel on the roadless terrain after freeze-up.Actually, it has been an unlucky winter for AFL. Several plane mishaps, the wreckage of one which has never been found, occurred earlier this year in the unmapped, uncharted area of northern Yukon Territory.-:bznIi1tlila1ua:See Page 9 for StorynhhfchPbTheir contract calls for delivery o£ equipment and supplies into areas which have never been opened up by overland arteries and each step of the way has been a pioneering venture. The huge LeTourneau-made Sno-Train, especially made for the AFL contract work, has now been adopted as an official U.S. Army vehicle, according to a news release from the military this week. A number of thk trains are being manufactured for military hauling in the Arctic and will be used on an' experimental basis in inaccessible swampy regions in other parts of the world.ator;sisiaia• b;Dtlb«aj«irirtlIf
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Sat, Apr 14, 1956
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