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===LCC-1 Sno-Train === [[File:LeTourneau LCC-1 Sno-Train Whitehorse YK.jpg|thumb|A LeTourneau LCC-1 Sno-Train on display at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse {{Coord|60|42|39.7|N|135|04|48|W|}} ]] Impressed with the results of the Sno-Buggy, in late 1954 the Army Transportation Corps asked LeTourneau to combine the features of the Tournatrain and Sno-Buggy into a new vehicle. LeTourneau called the result the '''YS-1 Army Sno-Train''' but the Army knew it as the '''Logistics Cargo Carrier''', or '''LCC-1'''. The LCC-1 combined the wheels of the Sno-Buggy with the power system of the Tournatrain to produce a 16x16 vehicle with one locomotive and three cars capable of handling a load of 45 tons in total. The control cab was itself articulated into two compartments; a heated driving compartment in front for the crew of three, and a rear section containing the 600-hp diesel engine, generators and fuel tanks. The cab also sported a powered crane on the rear.{{sfn|Orlemann|2001|p=67}} In spite of starting the project before the VC-22, the LCC-1 required much more customization, and was not completed until January 1956.{{sfn|Orlemann|2001|p=67}} After testing at the factory, it was handed over to the Army in March, and continued testing in snow at the TRADCOM proving grounds in [[Houghton, Michigan]]. After acceptance, it was sent to Greenland, and then traveled around the north for some time, making its last cargo run in 1962. The LCC-1 eventually ended up abandoned in a salvage yard right behind Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska. Despite the years of neglect, the LCC-1 still has its 10 foot tall wheels as well as its generators. In addition to the LCC-1's primary drive unit, there are also ten of its original trailers in the Fort Wainwright yard, which is not far from the site where the VC-22 sits abandoned.{{sfn|Orlemann|2001|p=67}} Today, the LCC-1 now has a permanent site at the [[Yukon Transportation Museum]] in Whitehorse, Yukon. One trailer also resides at the front of the Mukluk Land theme park near [[Tok, Alaska]].
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