Niles Canyon Railway

On April 26, 2025, the Niles Canyon Railway offered use of its M200 motorcar, its volunteer crew, and its railroad east of Sunol to the help the Sunol Glen School celebrate their 100th Anniversary. We are always happy to help the communities we serve and have our facilities in, and this was a cause worth supporting.

Our Build East Track Construction Crew was back out for its first Saturday work session in February which happened to coincide with the first day of the month. Alas it also coincided with an atmospheric river that was bringing rain to much of northern California, but still a lot of progress was made.

With the New Year here and Train of Lights season over, it was time to break up the TOL consist that has called our mainline in Brightside home for over two months. With a new operating season arriving in March, we need to get our regular season consist ready while storing away those cars we do not use as often. Take a look at the big switching operation held on Sunday, January 19, 2025 with three train crews operating across one very cold day in Niles Canyon.