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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 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 ...
Western Pacific Railway: Alameda Belt Line: ABL ATSF/ WP: 1925 2007 N/A Albion Railroad: 1921 1930 N/A Albion River Railroad: NWP 1885 1891 Albion and Southeastern Railway: Albion and Southeastern Railway: NWP 1902 1905 Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad: Almaden Branch Railroad: SP: 1887 1887 South Pacific Coast Railway: Amador Branch ...
Niles Canyon Railway; Nut Tree Railroad; Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita; Pacific Southwest Railway Museum; Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, oldest railroad west of the Mississippi [1] Port of LA Waterfront Red Car, a rebuilt part of the original Pacific Electric Railway system (Closed in 2015) Poway–Midland Railroad
Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California [11] 727 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP9: B-B On static display Elko Railroad Park, Elko, Nevada [12] 805-A: January 1950 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) FP7: B-B Out of service Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California [13] 913 917-D: January 1950 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) F7A: B-B Out ...
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. Fourteen daily passenger trains run over the line. [5]
Niles Canyon is a canyon in the San Francisco Bay Area formed by Alameda Creek, known for its heritage railroad and silent movie history. The canyon is largely in an unincorporated area of Alameda County , while the western portion of the canyon lies within the city limits of Fremont and Union City .
The Western Railway Museum began restoration of the engine in 1979, but this project was not finished, and the disassembled No. 3 was donated to the Pacific Locomotive Association (Niles Canyon Railway) in 1999. [1]