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tleidt:a11,10asintyidrtchir-mn-aasTlt;ofARCTIC MONSTER—An onlooker, left, is dwarfed by the huge cab of the LeTourneau snow train power unit as it rests in the Alaska Freight Lines garage building on GardenIsland. Inside the $290,000 steel giant are two 490 horsepower diesel generators which power electrie motors that will drive the 7 foot 4 inch wheels.- ■' •.. . ; i M t;.• i.' :vlt;s.VV: •-. ■ ' * • • . • • .v •'orill111idY‘ ’ri-LISli-y.u-■ty29;rt,Lmenirem-ir~?ntice□Itedslatin?esto-isthe.'*U-SNOW TRAIN WHEELS—Two 7 foot f inch tires for the show train almost dwarf a regular Alaska Freight lines tractor, Twenty-four of these wheels are used on the snow train. Thislatest means of Arctic transportation has a range of 1,000 miles and is believed able to travel over almost any kind of terrain.in
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Sat, Mar 26, 1955
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