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Mike, 54-wheel-drive: The LeTourneau electric arctic land trains that put Australian road trains to shame at Hemmings Blog: Classic and collectible cars and parts

LeTourneau land trains were built to access the most remote reaches of the arctic and to dwarf just about any other land vehicle in size.

Designed to traverse arctic conditions as well as sand and desert, the six-wheeled TC-497 Overland Train MkII used four Solar gas-turbine engines (at 1,170hp each, that's 4,680hp total) to spin generators that delivered juice to 54 total motors – one for each of its wheels. Of its 12 trailers, two were dedicated just to carrying the turbines and generators.

The Overland Train stretched 572 feet long, easily making it the world's longest vehicle. Funny enough, it could only carry 150 tons of freight – as much as the Sno-Freighter – though it carried such developments as steerable trailer wheels that allowed the entire train more maneuverability.

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This from earlier in thread (pre-dropped)|




'In January this year a brand new GE locomotive being unloaded from a ship in Newport, Wales was dropped due to a snapped cable in the crane. The engine fell 13 feet and suffered a damage to the body and trucks. More importantly the frame is reportedly bent and the engine is expected to be written off'

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