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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.
A PLA excursion, Labor Day 1971. Pickering Lumber Company Shay #7, Northern California, between Lyons Dam and Tramway.. The Pacific Locomotive Association, Inc. (PLA) is a non-profit organization [1] dedicated to the preservation of the physical aspects and atmosphere of Pacific Coast railroading during the period from 1910 to 1960.
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.
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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 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.
In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca. 401 Carter Brothers: baggage-coach Static display; Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California: 1949 Pullman "Harriman" coach In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca. 1975 Pullman all day lunch car In service; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca. 2085–2159 Pullman suburban coach
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