The Guide to New Mexico Architecture


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Tag: Industrial

  • Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Locomotive Shops

    Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Locomotive Shops

    The railroad came to Albuquerque in 1880, and by 1930 had transformed the farming village into a commercial center. By 1919, the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Rail Yards employed one quarter of the city’s work force, and were viewed with pride as signs of progress and prosperity.