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07-11-06, 12:19
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What is this : Snow buggy ?
I took this pic from a frozen TV screen , it was a mid 1960's B grade science fiction movie , the plot centred around a despot who wanted to control the world.
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07-11-06, 12:49
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"L’Auto-Neige Bombardier" - probably a post-war example like the one pictured below? Over to our Canadian friends who have to cope with lots of snow for a major part of the year!
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08-11-06, 05:42
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Sure looks like the Penguin, a semi tracked Bombardier contraption used in Ex Musk Ox II near Fort Churchill, early-mid 50s...or am I getting it mixed up with a full tracked snow machine of an experimental type?
Snowtractor...Mark...???
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08-11-06, 05:57
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It's not a Penguin. It's a civilian Bombardier snow machine that was commonly known as a Bombardier. They were common in the 60s when winter travel wasn't as sure a thing as it is now. You still see a few around being used in the oilfield but they were replaced by the Nodwells and Foremosts along with a few other makes.
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08-11-06, 20:58
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bombardier museum
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10-11-06, 14:15
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here is another website that tells alittle more. just click around the site, it is new and still in the construction stages.
http://www.northerntracks.com/histor...ombardier.html here is a picture of a rally in northern manitoba. thansk
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10-11-06, 15:42
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And we though we collected strange things
I love the group with the Antigue Bombardiers. Given their location I wonder who has a longer driving season them our us.
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10-11-06, 16:34
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More Bombardiers
I have a memory of a fleet of similar Bombardiers being used for tourist transport on a glacier in Western Canada about 40 years ago. I think it was near Lake Louise. I have no idea if they survive, but it appears that the tourists are now transported in purpose built busses running on terra tires.
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10-11-06, 16:57
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Think there is a picture in National Geographic
Grant - You are tickling my memory and I think I remember seeing a picture of what you describe in National Geographic Magazine, I’ll ask my wife to search the data base at her library to see if she can find the picture.
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11-11-06, 00:35
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That might have been on the Athabasca Glacier south of Hinton, Alberta. They use those big buses now.
Last edited by cletrac (RIP); 11-11-06 at 07:31.
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11-11-06, 04:51
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Glacier
Could be the Columbia ice fields between Jasper and Banff, they use the Tundra busses there.
Sean
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15-11-06, 01:47
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here is more info on the fun we had with a bombardier on the DOUBLE J ADVENTURES.
http://kingofobsolete.ca/Newsletter10.htm thansk
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