More Le Tourneau Overland Train memories from Ed Burrows on Biglorryblog! Praying Mantis or Serpent?

• 09 October 2010
• By Biglorryblog

Biglorryblog's 'Military Advisor' Ed Burrows has reported for duty with more on the magnificent Le Tourneau Overload Train. Ed tells me: " After plug like that, how could I possible refuse? So here are some more pix for the BLB brigade. starting with this one of the control car hitched to the two power cars." Now click through here for more...

"25 pairs of wheels - and amazingly, the tracking was such that the Overland Train left only one set of wheel tracks."

Ed continues: "The Mk II Overland Train as it is today, preserved at residing at Ft Yuma, Arizona."

"The tyres are 12 ft diameter rubber. It originally had a radar scanner on the roof. But doesn't it remind you of a praying mantis?" 

"As well as the US Army, The LeTourneau Corporal Missile Transporter/Erector also served with British Army Royal Artillery units in Germany. And aren't you camo green with envy that I have not one but two of these in my 'won't-you-ever-grow-up' toy collection. (Produced by Corgi in the 1960s, and in my opinion, the best diecast ever made...steering, elevation and extension mechanism and missile retaining clasps all work, and not in a clunky way that spoils the detail, either.!"