Dan Mayfield – Reporter Albuquerque Business First Several issues could hold up future development of the city’s Rail Yards, according to developer Jim Trump of Samitaur Constructs, the private developer of the area near Downtown. In a Rail Yards Advisory Committee hearing on Tuesday morning, Trump said bankers and brokers will tour the historic site…
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Rail Yards redevelopment chugs forward
Stephanie Guzman Albuquerque Business First We’ve spent the year reporting mostly on the Railyards in Santa Fe, as Albuquerque’s Rail Yards hasn’t made many headlines since the city decided in January to allow the Rail Yards Market to continue to operate on Sundays. But city officials say their planning staff and the project’s developers, Samitaur…
Locomotive restoration nearing completion
By: Kai Porter, Eyewitness News 4 Albuquerque citizens have a chance to help preserve a piece of railroad history right here in the city. The New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society are restoring a classic Santa Fe Railroad steam locomotive built in 1944. Volunteers have put in more than 125,000 hours restoring the…