The New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society (NMSL&RHS), owners and operators of the fully restored and operational steam locomotive 2926, has been hard at work at the Albuquerque Rail Yards! Working cooperatively with the City of Albuquerque and the WHEELS Museum, NMSL&RHS is moving forward with making the 1914 American Bridge Company turntable […]

This year, for the first time, the NMSL&RHS took on the challenge of applying for New Mexico State Legislative Capital Outlay funds for performing work at the Albuquerque Rail Yards. After much work by John Roberts and Kristine Jacobus (and others) the NMSL&RHS is happy to announce that the State of New Mexico has allocated […]

A big Thank You to member Marsha Marsden for making contact with Liz Burnam at “Visit Albuquerque,” a tourist promotion organization, and coordinating a tour for them at the restoration site. Liz, the volunteer coordinator, wanted to educate their volunteers about what we have to offer visitors to Albuquerque. Members of our board escorted groups […]

Most of you know I haven’t submitted a progress report for several weeks. Mostly due to the work being repetitious most every week. We have been working on the locomotive jacketing for several years and recently more than in the past. I can now say that project is all but complete as volunteers install small […]

We’ll be having our second Annual Safety Refresher session on Saturday, July 23, starting at 9 a.m. in the reefer conference area. The session will last approximately 1 hour.

There will be a New Member Orientation on Saturday, July 30, 2022 beginning at 09:00 in the reefer conference area at the locomotive restoration site located at 1833,  8th street in the reefer conference area. This orientation will last most of Saturday so be prepared to spend all day on site. (we will have a lunch […]

January 27, 2022 I haven’t sent out a TW3 for a while mostly because we have been doing, for the most part, the same jobs every session. That being said it has been insulation, jacketing and electrical systems, and tool car work. Much attention has been focused on the Positive Train Control (PTC) system. Since […]

August 02, 2021 By now I suppose everyone is aware of our steam-up and the roll of 2926 on 7/24-25/2021. The 2926 rolled proudly up and down our short spur track to the delight of all those able to attend. We could have done this several months ago, but I made it known I wouldn’t […]

June 12, 2021 Welcome everyone to the first General Membership meeting in more than 15 months. For those of you who haven’t been here we have been doing small projects; electrical installations, tool car jobs including 480 pass-through brackets, interior painting, generator installation equipment and also fabricating new doors. Our AMTRAK inspector was here last […]

December 21, 2020 Hello all, This will most likely be my last TW3 for this on again off again 2020 year. Our state mandates have played havoc with our restoration. Nevertheless, we have complied as necessary and persevered where we were able. Much of the 2926 work prior to May, when the tool car arrived, […]