Letter from the PresidentLeba Freed Dear Friends,Passion + Persistence + Partners + Progress = WHEELS. This has been the equation for WHEELS’ success for more than twenty-five years. When I saw the Railyards property in 1994 I fell in love. We formed a 501c3 non-profit organization in 1999 and with the help of so many…
Wheels Museum & Rail Yard Events
New Mexico Railroads In The Land of Enchantment
By Adam Burnswww.american-rails.com Like the roadrunner, New Mexico is historically known for high-speed trains flying across the desert in a hurry to reach either Chicago or the West Coast. In the last 100+ years this scene has changed little as successor railroads like the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific still speed across New Mexico on…
Historians take readers through the turbulent times at ABQ’s locomotive repair shops
BY DAVID STEINBERG / FOR THE JOURNAL From about 1880 to 1955 – the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway’s steam locomotive repair shops were a dominant industrial presence and driving economic force in Albuquerque. A comprehensive history of the shops is told in the recently published book “Overhaul: A Social History of the Albuquerque…