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73m819 nailed it. Cook Brothers 8-ton chain-drive T20 was evaluated in the mid 40's. There were tractor and cargo truck variants. Looks like the Corbitt T20E1 and T20E4 also had platform (wagon) front steering. The Corbitt 8x8 shared nothing in common with the Cook Bros trucks. During the same...

That's a great update! I'm glad to hear about that place across from the pipeline viewing stop. I always assumed the owner is an enterprising sort of fellow. He also made an enormous ice tower during the winter a few years back. It was quite a sight. Seems like I recall the paper said it was...

Those land trains weren't built for the ALCAN, they were built to resupply the DEW line. I tried to get up close to the LCC-1 (1st photo), it was in a scrap yard out the back gate of Ft Wainwright, but the yard was sold and liquidated before I could track down an owner. Fortunately I just read...