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Tucumcari station, New Mexico

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In Tucumcari, New Mexico
0.6 mi from Route 66

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Tucumcari station is a former railroad depot in Tucumcari, NM, housed in a building from 1926. For decades it was a division point where the Rock Island and Southern Pacific lines met and passengers changed trains on the joint cross-country service, until those trains ended in 1968. Today the building is home to the Tucumcari Railroad Museum, an easy add-on to a walk through town.

What is Tucumcari station?

The depot building went up in 1926, the same year Route 66 was created, and its passenger trains belonged to the Rock Island line and the Southern Pacific. Now the Tucumcari Railroad Museum fills the old station.

Visiting Tucumcari station: tips

Allow an hour for the museum. The Odeon Theatre is right next door, the Baca-Goodman House about 0.2 mile away and the Arch Hurley Conservancy District Office Building about 0.3 mile. Fuel, food and lodging are all about 0.6 mile away.

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Odeon Theatre in Tucumcari, NM

Odeon Theatre

Tucumcari, New Mexico · 0.6 mi from Route 66

An Art Deco movie house in Tucumcari, just off the old road and listed on the National Register.

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0.0 mi from Tucumcari station

Baca-Goodman House in Tucumcari, NM

Baca-Goodman House

Tucumcari, New Mexico · 0.4 mi from Route 66

An early 1900s Tucumcari merchant's house that held a place on the National Register for just four years.

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0.2 mi from Tucumcari station

Arch Hurley Conservancy District Office Building in Tucumcari, NM

Arch Hurley Conservancy District Office Building

Tucumcari, New Mexico · 0.3 mi from Route 66

A 1940 Pueblo Revival government office in Tucumcari, with peeled-log posts holding up its front porch.

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0.3 mi from Tucumcari station

Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, NM

Blue Swallow Motel

Tucumcari, New Mexico · on Route 66

A 1940s Tucumcari motor court with a glowing neon swallow and garages tucked between its rooms.

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0.8 mi from Tucumcari station

Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, NM

Roadrunner Lodge

Tucumcari, New Mexico · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A 1940s motor court and a 1960s motel joined into one restored Route 66 stay on Tucumcari's main drag.

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0.9 mi from Tucumcari station

Cactus Motor Lodge in Tucumcari, NM

Cactus Motor Lodge

Tucumcari, New Mexico · 0.1 mi from Route 66

The lost Cactus Motor Lodge: a 1941 Tucumcari motel, since torn down, whose neon sign went to Albuquerque.

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1.1 mi from Tucumcari station

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