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Come ride on Black Widows Weekend
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.
Additional Rides Opportunities for 2026
Learn more about new chances to ride our railroad in 2026 in this new blog post.
Help Us Get Started…
Help Us Get Started… We are working to raise a total of $30,000 to purchase new batteries for three locomotives: WP #918-D, SP #1218 and U.S. Army #1856. Would you please help us with a donation today? Learn more in this blog post.