Trains, planes, automobiles, tractors, bicycles, a Segway and much more.
By Gary Herron
The 21,000-square-foot WHEELS Museum is at 1100 2nd SW, just 0.7 mile south of Central Avenue, Railroad Avenue originally, or Route 66, and 2.2 miles south of what replaced the Mother Road, Interstate 40.
It should be on your must-see Route 66 itinerary, and should certainly get a lot if visits during the centennial celebration in 2026. It’s the largest and best-surviving railroad shop complex in the entire U.S., and played an integral part of the national railway system until diesel locomotives made the shops obsolete, leading to their closing in the 1970s. More