I've been wondering for a while whatever happened to Northern Texas Traction 407. The car was put up for auction and sold in early 2024, supposedly to a buyer from North Carolina, but I wasn't able to figure out where it went until now. The photo shown here, from this Flickr page, was taken this July and I only noticed it now. It seems that car 407 was purchased by the Aberdeen Carolina & Western, a shortline railroad with a tourist railroad side business known for flashy paint jobs and unorthodox adaptive reuse projects. I cannot fathom what they have in mind for car 407, but for the moment it seems to just be in storage in their impressive car shop. I've updated the car's record and added the AC&W to the PNAERC database, as this is their first piece of traction equipment.
I hope this group got the bid lot of arched stained glass windows, which were on a pallet elsewhere and mislabeled. If not, I hope those windows eventually reconnect with the car. O Anderson
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