Steam & Excursion > ABQ WHEELS Museum needs more funds to continue journey

"...Steam engine 2926 wants to come home to the yard, but our turntable is inoperable..."
  
Albuquerque Journal (newsmemory.com)

All dressed up, no where to go, and now, no way to get there. 

I'm sure they'll get it all worked out. They have come this far. It'll take $$$.

Victor B.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Unless I'm mistaken this is the group that wants to revive the Santa Fe shops area and not
the 2926 group. 

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/15/22 16:43 by callum_out.

Lurch_in_ABQ Wrote:
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> "...Steam engine 2926 wants to come home to the
> yard, but our turntable is inoperable..."

https://www.abqjournal.com/2508142/wheels-museum-needs-more-funds-to-continue-journey-2.html

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State of New Mexico needs the recognize the value of this facility, they're going to need tourist dollars. In
fact they're getting close to needing any dollars!

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callum_out Wrote:
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> State of New Mexico needs the recognize the value
> of this facility, they're going to need tourist
> dollars. In
> fact they're getting close to needing any
> dollars!
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That was last year, this year NM treasury is rolling in masa.
    
"Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque JournalSANTA FE – New Mexico’s revenue bonanza continues to fill the state’s coffers at an unprecedented clip, with a legislative economist telling lawmakers Friday that revenue collections for the current budget year are tracking at more than $440 million higher than projected in December.
 
The growth is due to a combination of factors, including an ongoing surge in oil production and a larger-than expected increase in statewide wages and employment levels that have boosted personal income tax revenue....."

Imagine that. People making more money and having a better life while paying more taxes to make the politicians happy. It seems with wealthy politicians ( a survey would show many to be millionaires) they don't want the working man to make more money.

Victor B.

Lurch_in_ABQ Wrote:
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>" ...and a
> larger-than expected increase in statewide wages
> and employment levels that have boosted personal
> income tax revenue....."