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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.
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.
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.
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
The Niles Canyon Railway Sunol Depot was built in 1884, and is the last surviving example of a Southern Pacific standard design known as a "One-Story Combination Depot #7." The building has been restored and is operated by the Pacific Locomotive Association. Niles Canyon Road runs westward from Sunol and is a scenic 7-mile (11 km) drive to Fremont.
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 ...
Niles Canyon Railway This is a route-map template for an East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area) , California rail network. For a key to symbols, see {{ railway line legend }} .
Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California: The Pacific Locomotive Association purchased and began the restoration to bring No. 1744 back to life on the Niles Canyon Railway. CA-12.5 Southern Pacific 5623: Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California: CA-13 Canadian Pacific 2839 4-6-4 Royal Hudson: 1937 built by MLW: Nethercutt Collection, Sylmar ...