Presently at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Motor car No. 401 was built by the Edwards Motor Car Co. of Sanford, North Carolina and put into service October 1926 by the Tucson, Cornelia & Gila Bend Railroad of Ajo, Arizona. The motor car operated regularly until 31 December 1947 and was finally donated to Travel Town in Los Angeles, California.
The motor car traveled over 783,000 miles while in service, running between the copper mine at Ajo and Gila Bend, a distance of 43 miles. The car was powered by a six-cylinder White gasoline engine that was installed in November 1943, replacing the original after 17 years of service.
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