In the 1860s, the railroad came to Niles Canyon. Tracks were laid by Central Pacific Railroad workers through the East Bay hills and along Alameda Creek. “They built it high on the hillside,” Pacific ...

The Pacific Locomotive Association and the Niles Canyon Railway held a special run on Saturday, May 1, with the 2-4-4-2 Columbia River Belt Line #7 steam locomotive, known as the “Skookum.” Some 40 ...

If it were entirely up to me, I would not have chosen to board the Screaming Baby Holiday Express alone on a Sunday evening. But tickets for Niles Canyon Railway’s annual Train of Lights are a hot ...

The purpose of the organization is to preserve the physical aspects and atmosphere of Pacific Coast railroading during the period from 1910 to 1960. Our mission is to develop and operate a working ...