Niles Depot Museum - Fremont, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 34.645 W 121° 58.692
10S E 590224 N 4159421
The Niles Depot museum is a historical museum detailing the history of the railroads of Fremont, Newark, and Union City with an emphasis on the Niles District of Fremont - mainly the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific.
Waymark Code: WM90MR
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2010
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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.
Regular museum hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Sunday April-August and first and third Sundays September-March. The museum is also open for special events in Niles.
Museum Website: [Web Link]
Train ride provided?: no
Actual railroad cars or locomotives on display?: yes
Admission fee?: 2
Street Address: The Niles Depot Museum is located at 37592 Niles Boulevard in Fremont, California, at the Niles Town Plaza.
Gift shop?: yes
Café/restaurant?: no
Theater?: no
Other features?: Not listed
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