WHEELS Coming Events

Speaker Event 

The restoration of the AT & SF 2926 steam engine. 

John Taylor 

Saturday, August 3, 2024 at 10:00 AM 

At WHEELS Museum 1100 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 

Admission is free, but donations are always gratefully accepted.

Reservations required. Call WHEELS at (505) 243-6269  

Speaker Event 

New Mexico Historic Markers

Phil & Roseanne Archuleta. 

Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM 

At WHEELS Museum 1100 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 

Phil is a native New Mexican having grown up in a small town called El Rito, in northern New Mexico. His love of the history of his State started at a young age, as did his inventing.  To date he has patented six of his inventions.  He wrote and published his first book Traveling New Mexico, over 20 years ago. He has also co-written several books with his wife Rosanne Roberts Archuletta, including, Women Marked for History, which won the 2015 New Mexico Historic Preservation Award, By the Grace of God – Stories from the American Dream, and New Mexico Historic Marker Roadmaps: Inspiring Stories of Men, Women and Places. 

Rosanne’s love of history began at a very young age. She has co-written several books with her husband, including, Women Marked for History, By the Grace of God – Stories from the American Dream, and New Mexico Historic Marker Roadmaps: Inspiring Stories of Men, Women and Places.

Musical Event: 

Joel Alden White Country Western Performance

Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM

At WHEELS Museum 1100 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 

Admission is $10 per person

Reservations required. Call WHEELS at (505) 243-6269 

Joe Alden White was born in West Texas. His  grandfather, he believed, was a musical savant. He could play any instrument that he could hold, he played the trumpet for the likes of the Jimmy Dorsey band during the big band era. He changed careers a few times… like cowboying on ranches that measured themselves, not by acres, but by square miles, to buy cattle, managing a feedyard, owning construction companies and even a commercial laundry. 

From his earliest memories there was music in his home.  Beethoven or Herb Albert and the Tiajuana Brass would be spinning on Dad's old turn table, Roger Miller would be singing about "The King of The Road" or Burl Ives would tell how "Bill Grogan's Goat" flagged a train… Then the Beatles happened… and Dylan, The Stones, Iron Butterfly, CCR, CSN&Y, Cream, Cocker, Allman Brothers, Hendrix, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath. Then he heard Guy Clark…he states, “I needed to hear songwriters, but not just any writers and any old songs. I needed a country beat. Songs that spoke of real folks, folks that I knew. I needed to hear Jerry Jeff, Prine, Fromholz, BW, Kristofferson, Emmylou, Pure Prairie League, Flying Burrito Bros, Lucinda, Nancy Griffith, Steve Earle, Townes, Cash, Jones, Waylon, Ray Wylie, Chris Knight, Hayes Carll, John Moreland and on and on… I was surrounded by music and by friends who played and wrote music. I had no choice but to write songs.”

Musical Event: 

Dan Martin and Gene Williams

Monday, August 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM

At WHEELS Museum 1100 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 

Admission is $10 per person

Reservations required. Call WHEELS at (505) 243-6269

Dan Martin and Gene Williams, both well-known Oklahoma singer/songwriters, will be featured and play their original music, along with covers by the likes of Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Petty and John Prine. Guitarist Williams is known for his work with the late Oklahoma music pioneer Tom Skinner, as well as a stint with Townes Van Zandt. Dan Martin draws inspiration from the land he is from to the places he has traveled. Since 2014, Martin’s travels have taken him around the world. 

Musical Event: 

Kristy Hinds

Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 11:00 AM

At WHEELS Museum 1100 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 

Admission is $10 per person

Reservations required. Call WHEELS at (505) 243-6269

Kristy’s music is deeply rooted in jazz and improvisation … and morphs from there. Like all the best artists before her, she is stepping ahead with her own style. Drawing from diverse influences like Nina Simone, Mingus, Steely Dan, and Queen, she shapes something entirely unique. Her shows feature her original jazz inflected music mixed with familiar jazz standards — rendered as anything but — and well-loved pop tunes put through her unique stylistic filter. It all comes together in an unforgettable, sonic feast for the ears that has audiences raving.

Speaker Event

I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD……Santa Fe Railroad, that is.

Charlie and Tricia Nickerson

Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11:00 AM

At WHEELS Museum 1100 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 

Admission is free, but donations are always gratefully accepted.

Reservations required. Call WHEELS at (505) 243-6269

Charlie Nickerson, former Division Engineer and his wife Tricia, former Maintenance Clerk with combined 38 years of service will have an open conversation to talk about railroading and share some of their personal experiences. 

Speaker Event

New Mexico History – Jack Delano

John Taylor

Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 10 AM 

At WHEELS Museum 1100 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 

Admission is free, but donations are always gratefully accepted.

Reservations required. Call WHEELS at (505) 243-6269