Niles Depot Museum |
94536 Fremont, CA, United States of America (USA) (California) |
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| Address |
37592 Niles Boulevard
at the Niles Town Plaza. |
| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Museum typ
Exhibition
Railway Technique
- Model Railway
- Railway
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Opening times
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sunday 10am - 4pm | ||||
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Status from 04/2013
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We don't know the fees. | ||||
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| Homepage | www.nilesdepot.org | ||||
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| Location / Directions |
The Niles Depot Museum is located in the former passenger and freight depots located in the Niles District of Fremont, California. |
| Description | The Niles Depot Museum's primary focus is early railroads of Fremont, Newark, and Union City with an emphasis on the Niles District of Fremont - mainly the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific Railroads. Present-day railroads such as Union Pacific and Amtrak are also featured, as well as earlier railroads of the area such as the South Pacific Coast.
The museum features a wide variety of exhibits including: • Equipment & photographs from Niles Tower • Operating railroad signals • Passenger train uniforms and artifacts • Railroad lanterns • Historic track tools • Telegraph & railroad communications equipment • Artifacts & photos of Niles and local areas • History and photographs of other local area depots • WP467, a Western Pacific Railroad caboose. Model RailroadsThe layouts are based in Niles and the surrounding communities of the Bay Area. Attention is being given to accuracy and detail in both the track plans and surrounding scenery. The modeling era is the mid-1970s, but all industries and towns are being represented as they were in their prime.The HO scale layout features the Southern Pacific mainline from Niles to San Jose with the many industries in Niles, Newark, Union City and other intermediate communities, as well as both Southern Pacific and Western Pacific lines through Niles Canyon to Pleasanton and Livermore. San Jose Cahill St. Station is featured as the model railroad’s large passenger terminal. A section will also feature the BART line through Fremont. The N scale layout features the SP and WP mainlines from Niles to Oakland with intermediate communities such as Decoto, Alvarado and Hayward. |
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