Current Status
Various ideas have been discussed for the Santa Fe shops, including a transportation museum to be called the Wheels Museum, mixed-income housing, a multi-use retail and exposition center, and a state-of-the-art digital film studio. The complex was purchased by the city of Albuquerque in 2007 for $8.5 million and redevelopment was said to be pending as of 2011.
In the meantime, the abandoned railyard has become a popular filming location. Movies with scenes filmed there include Beerfest (2006), The Spirit (2008), Gamer (2009), Terminator Salvation (2009), and The Avengers (2012). The pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles also used the railyard as a location., Several Episodes of Sci-Fi's Lost Room were filmed there, as was the yet to be released 0000 movie.
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