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The Niles Canyon Railway (NCRy) is a heritage railway running on the first transcontinental railroad alignment (1866, 1869) through Niles Canyon, between Sunol and the Niles district of Fremont in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California, United States.
The route runs through Niles Canyon, parallel to the Niles Canyon Railway, Highway 84, and the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct. The line passes through a 0.75-mile (1.21 km) long tunnel which cuts off one of the canyon's horseshoes. This tunnel was modified from its original configuration to accommodate intermodal double-stack freight trains.
Fillmore and Western Railway - short line used by Hollywood film industry. (Lease agreement ended in 2021) Ghost Town & Calico Railroad in Knott's Berry Farm; Golden Gate Railroad Museum (No excursions listed) Napa Valley Wine Train; Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum; Niles Canyon Railway; Nut Tree Railroad
Charter train crossing Alameda Creek, October 2005. The Niles Subdivision also hosts several passenger trains. Amtrak operates the Coast Starlight and Capitol Corridor along the route, and the San Joaquins terminates at the northern segment of the line. The Altamont Corridor Express runs over the southern segment between Newark and Fremont ...
Two railroads also follow the same route down the canyon from Sunol to Niles: the old Southern Pacific track along the north side, now the Niles Canyon Railway, and the newer Union Pacific (formerly the Western Pacific) track a little to the south. At the west end of the canyon are the ruins of the Vallejo Flour Mill, which dates to 1853.
The railroad as it crosses the freeway in the Altamont Pass. The Oakland Subdivision is a Union Pacific Railroad line in the U.S. state of California.It extends from Stockton in the east to Oakland, [1] crossing the Diablo Range at Altamont Pass and traversing Niles Canyon.
The historic M200, built in 1926, was later purchased by PLA to save it from being scrapped, and now operates regularly on the Niles Canyon Railway. In the mid 1990s a group of current and former Southern Pacific employees operating an organization known as "Project 2467 Inc." with the goal of restoring and maintaining former Southern Pacific ...
This is a route-map template for the Niles Canyon Railway, an Alameda County, California, heritage railroad.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.