Sunday, April 17, 2022

Williams, AZ: Pete's Route 66 Gas Station Museum and Santa Fe Railyard & Roundhouse

Gas Station: (Satellite)
Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Loco Steve Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

Pete's Route 66 Gas Station / Museum

"Pete's Route 66 Gas Station Museum is a homage to old time gas stations, part museum and part gift shop, specializing in a collection of gas station memorabilia, including old gas pumps, vintage oil cans, vintage signs and equipment. It's owned, operated and is being restored by Pete's son. It's been a station for a very long time but the current building was built in 1949. It operated as a gas station till 1989 when it ceased operation and the tanks were removed from the ground. It sat idle for several years but is now whipped back into presentable shape. Half of the garage is a museum and the other half is a gift shop. The late 1940’s classic Ford sedan out front is Pete's. "

 

Address of the station: 101 E Route 66 Williams, AZ USA

Loco Steve commented on his Flickr

Street View, Apr 2021

I wonder why they removed the car. Loco Steve took his photos in 2011. It looks like they removed the "wood paneling" on the side and exposed the restroom doors. Back then, clean restrooms could be an issue. Some of them were out-of-site and out-of-mind.
Street View, Jun 2018

Zoomed

Rick Shilling posted
Undated Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railroad 6 stall Roundhouse, Turntable, Shops and Yard, Williams, Arizona.
William Flower: Around 1960.

1960/61 Williams and 1962/64 bill Williams Mtn Quads @ 62,500

Satellite

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