Niles Canyon
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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 Cou
Alameda Creek in Niles Canyon
Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp (1915) near the west end of Niles Canyon Road.
Aerial view of Niles Canyon, with Niles Canyon Mobile Estates and Alameda Creek in center foreground, and the Tri-Valley and the Diablo Range in the background
Niles Canyon Railway
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The Niles Canyon Railway is a heritage railway running on the first transcontinental railroad alignment through Niles Canyon, between Sunol and the Niles district of Fremont in the East Bay of the San
Niles Canyon
…of Sunol. 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…
A Niles Canyon Railway passenger excursion led by Southern Pacific No. 5623
Farwell, California, ca1866, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views
Sunol Depot at MP 35.6
Farwell Bridge across Alameda Creek, California, ca1866, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views