News - Niles Canyon
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.
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.
By Matthew Artz FREMONT -- The volunteer outfit that returned passenger rail service to Niles Canyon is moving forward with plans for the old train town after signing a long-term lease with the county.
