By Don Buchholz SUNOL -- The interstate highway system and jet travel doomed passenger trains in the 1960s, and along with them the Railway Post Office, where clerks sorted the mail as their car clickety-clacked along the rails.

By Don Buchholz SUNOL -- The interstate highway system and jet travel doomed passenger trains in the 1960s, and along with them the Railway Post Office, where clerks sorted the mail as their car clickety-clacked along the rails.

By Don Buchholz, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Oct. 5--SUNOL -- The interstate highway system and jet travel doomed passenger trains in the 1960s, and along with them the Railway Post Office, where clerks sorted the mail as their car clickety-clacked along the railroad tracks.

The nonprofit Pacific Locomotive Association, which operates the Niles Canyon Railway, is sponsoring a doubleheaded steam excursion over the Sierra Railroad on Nov. 4 from Oakdale to Cooperstown and back, a 38-mile round trip. Powered by Sierra No. 28 and Virginia and Truckee No.

By Tim PITSKER THE HIGH-SPEED train to Fremont will include 31/2 miles of newly bored tunnels through Niles Canyon. This will destroy the scenic beauty of Niles Canyon and eliminate the historic train that runs from Niles to Sunol.