Wheels Museum & Rail Yard Events – Page 22

Ragtime Piano Benefit Concert for Wheels Museum

Posted on January 3, 2022August 3, 2022

Ragtime piano champion Adam Swanson returns to Albuquerque to perform the second WHEELS Museum Benefit Concert on Sunday afternoon, July 31. The theme will be “Transportation” featuring ragtime and early jazz songs about boats, cars, subways, trains, and other ways we travel from place to place. Date:Sunday, July 31Time:3 pm to 5 pmLocation:First Unitarian Church (Carlisle…

New Years Eve Fundraiser Gala

Posted on December 21, 2021

WHEELS Museum Winter 2021 Newsletter

Posted on November 18, 2021

Dear Friends, We are gratified to be fulfilling our mission by inviting so many community groups to see WHEELS and learn about the history of the Steam Locomotive Shops, past, present and our plans for the future. As you read this newsletter you will see some of the activities lately and this is really picking…

TRACKS AND TRAILS
How the Railroad Made Room for Route 66 Before our sun-baked stretches of Route 66 became synonymous with adventure and connection throughout the Southwest, the railroad played a critical role...
Help identify the men who worked in the Shops
“We have a photo of many of the men who worked in the shops. They’re on a locomotive, and we would love to identify the men,” said Leba Freed, the...
Route 66 New Mexico Magazine
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...

Railyard Worker Commemorative Plaques. Honor a loved one who worked on the railroad, honor a WHEELS volunteer or honor the WHEELS Museum. WHEELS is now selling plaques with name plates for $100.00 per name. Keep the memory of these people alive in perpetuity with a gorgeous wooden plaque with brass name plate. Thank those who made our city and state successful, built the railroad, continue to work to preserve our history and create our future. The plaques will be displayed in the Community Room at WHEELS.

Please call (505) 243-6269 for more information.