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On Display: The Wheels Museum
Wheels Museum is a nonprofit organization in the Albuquerque Rail Yards dedicated to collecting, preserving, and creating educational exhibits about the history of transportation in Albuquerque and New Mexico with emphasis on the impact on the development of the area. Our collections embrace the history of the railroads, the impact of the rail yards on Albuquerque, as well as automobiles, horse and wagon, and other modes of transportation.
Join us Sunday, October 12, 2025 for the "History of the Albuquerque Rail Yards" program at Cherry Hills Library.
Learn more from Chuck Jones about how the railroad came to Albuquerque in 1880. Explore the rail yard's uses, decline, and present day resurrection. Chuck has been a lifelong railroad fan. He has lived in Albuquerque over 40 years and been a volunteer at the Wheels Museum since 2002 restoring and running model train exhibits.
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Photo courtesy of the Wheels Museum
"This is a photograph of the Albuquerque Rail Yards men who were machinists and boilermakers. They worked in the shops of the Albuquerque railroad during the 1920s through the 1960s."
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