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The Niles Canyon Railway ran its first passenger train from Sunol on May 21, 1988. Passenger trains once again connected Sunol and Niles starting on April 9, 2006. The organization continues its work to extend and maintain the track along the line; restore its collection of railroad equipment; and operate historic demonstration trains for the ...
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.
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]
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
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.
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.
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
They were moved by the Union Pacific Railroad in the summer of 2008 from Sacramento to their interchange with Niles Canyon Railway at Hearst, California. The Niles Canyon Railway then transferred SP 9010 to its Brightside Yard. Restoration by volunteers of the PLA started in 2008, with much of the cosmetic restoration nearly completed in 2012. [4]