Media Center

Welcome to the Niles Canyon Railway’s Media Center where you can find all of our press releases along with media ready images suitable for publication and other item of interest.

Press & Media releases

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3/9/20232023 Ride Season Start Media ReleasePDF

Media ready images

Below please find images that may be used by any media out for the benefit of the Niles Canyon Railway online or in print. Caption info is included with each image. We ask that you credit the photographer and Niles Canyon Railway whenever possible. Each photo below is linked to its larger image. Images are nominally 3000 pixels wide in the sRGB colorspace.

Steam locomotive, Clover Valley Lumber Co. #4, pulls a Niles Canyon passenger train east along Highway 84 on its way to the museum’s Sunol, CA train station where passengers will disembark after the 1.5 hour round trip train ride through Niles Canyon.
Photograph by: Christopher Hauf – Niles Canyon Railway
One on the Niles Canyon Railway;s historic diesel locomotives, a 1949 Southern Pacific Railroad EMD NW-2 diesel electric locomotive #1423, pulls into the museum’s restored Sunol, CA station.
Photograph by: Christopher Hauf – Niles Canyon Railway
Southern Pacific Railroad #1423 pulls a Niles Canyon Railway passenger train out of the Sunol station and along Highway 84 where flowering trees and wildflowers can be seen during the springtime runs of the museum.
Photograph by: Christopher Hauf – Niles Canyon Railway
One of the Niles Canyon Railway’s three operating steam locomotives, Robert Dollar Co. #3, rolls over the historic Farwell Bridge that takes the railroad across both Highway 84 and Alameda Creek. Riders of the Niles Canyon Railway get to experience two historic bridges like this one along their ride.
Photograph by: Christopher Hauf – Niles Canyon Railway