Route 66 Memorial...Tucumcari, NM This is a chrome and rock sculpture created by Thomas Coffin in 1997. The red stone of the base symbolizes tires while the chrome upper part is a tailfin with tail lights that light up at night. It evokes the 1950s cars and road trips. Route 66 Monument...This is a chrome and rock sculpture created by Thomas Coffin in 1997. The red stone of the base symbolizes tires while the chrome upper part is a tail fin with tail lights that light up at night. It evokes the 1950s cars and road trips.