Niles Canyon Railway

In Sunol, there are group of local artisans that create all types of different arts and crafts. Recently they decided to put together painted banners to decorate the light poles throughout town where the subject was our Niles Canyon Railway. With the banners complete, but the truck not quite available to hang them, it was decided that it would be fitting to put them on display in our freight room in our Sunol Station for our guests to enjoy until such time as they find their way on to the light poles throughout Sunol.

It’s Widows Weekend… Southern Pacific Railroad ‘Black Widow’ painted diesel locomotive weekend that is on our Niles Canyon Railway. Southern Pacific SD-9 #5472 will have the honors of pulling our trains on Saturday, 7/11 and Southern Pacific GP-9 #5623 will take over on Sunday, July 12th. Grab your tickets today to ride behind these unique diesel locomotives this weekend as we give them some much needed exercise.

Learn more about new chances to ride our railroad in 2026 in this new blog post.