LeTourneau-Westinghouse Tournapull

LeTourneau-Westinghouse Tournapull in Mein General-Motors-Abenteuer, Documentary, 1964

Class: Others, Construction & Engineering vehicle — Model origin:

00:25:34 Background vehicle

Author	Message
Alessandro58 ◊ 2015-12-22 11:06
CougarTim ◊ 2015-12-22 11:18	LW is for Letourneau-Westinghouse
Alessandro58 ◊ 2015-12-22 11:33	CougarTim wrote LW is for Letourneau-Westinghouse Comment in the movie to this pictures says, Euclid belongs also to GM. Movie mistake, then?
CougarTim ◊ 2015-12-23 00:58	That is a pretty big mistake. They are correct that Euclid was purchased by GM in 1953, but Euclid and LeTourneau-Westinghouse were direct competitors in the earthmover market. As far as I can tell the two companies had no relation to each other. LeTourneau-Westinghouse was formed in 1953 when Westinghouse Air Brake Company purchased LeTourneau's earthmoving equipment line. The hyphenated name was phased out in the mid-1960s in favor of WABCO.