It is not true that when your air conditioning goes out in Needles you call 9-1-1 and they dispatch this truck.

But it is true that the city frequently sets national temperature records. One example: a "record high low temperature" of 98F (37C) near dawn in summer.

The truck is on the original alignment of Route 66 heading past the El Garces, a one-time railroad hotel and dining hall, now largely vacant. An overhead railroad signal is just for ambience.