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July 6 (Saturday)
2:00 PM (Train Fares & film ticket)
Meet at Niles Station - 37001 Mission Blvd, Fremont
All Aboard the Niles Canyon Steam Train

The history of trains in Niles Canyon dates back to the building of the original transcontinental railroad. The first Western Pacific Railroad Company (formed in 1862) started construction in San Jose towards Sacramento. Steam locomotives pulled trains through Niles Canyon for eighty years before diesels took over in the 1950’s. All trains have enclosed coaches, open cars, and covered open cars for your selection.
We will have live music with the Spirit of ‘29 Dixieland Jazz Band.

2:00 PM Meet at Niles Station - 37001 Mission Boulevard, Fremont
- you must arrive by no later than this time even with tickets already purchased. Don't be disappointed if the train is full!
please reserve your tickets in advance to assure yourself a seat.

Fares are $7 for children age 3 through 12 (Infants through age 2 ride free) $10 for Seniors age 62 and older, and $12 for everyone else.
For info: call 510-494-1411
Pacific Locomotive Association: 925-862-9063
Remember
√ Trains leave ON TIME
√ Seating is first-come, first-served
√ Trains run in any weather - dress appropriately

2:20 PM Train Ride (1.5 hour excursion)

After the train ride, make your way to the Edison Theater (home of the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum,) located at 37417 Niles Boulevard, Fremont;
http://www.nilesfilmmuseum.org
510-494-1411.
Train will be back to the Niles station by 4:00 PM

4:15 PM Historian Laurence Shoup, author of a number of articles and four books, including Rulers and Rebels: A People’s History of Early California 1769-1901, will present on the 1894 Pullman strike in California, which saw the largest and most intense mass strike in state history up to that point in time.

7:30 PM Film Screening –
Silent film with live piano accompaniment: watch the dramatic film The Whistle (1921), directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring William S. Hart. This 70-minute film explores one man’s attempt to avenge the death of his son following a factory workplace accident. Opening film shorts are A Corner in Wheat (1909; 14 min) and The Cry of the Children (1912; 29 min). Doors open at 7:00 PM; $5 for films for all ages.

Direction from I-880 Fremont:
- Exit onto Mowry Ave. Fremont, Continue NE toward hills
- Turn left at the light at the end of Mowry onto Mission Blvd. Continue west to Sullivan Underpass, Turn left to the station parking lot

July7 (Sunday) 2:00 PM (Train Fares & film ticket) Meet at Niles Station - 37001 Mission Blvd, Fremont
All Aboard the Niles Canyon Steam Train
This program is a repeat of the Saturday July 6th's program, except there is no music by the Spirit of '29 Dixieland Jazz Band and no lecture by Lary Shoup.

After the Niles Canyon train ride, the Sunday matinee screening will immediately follow the 2:20 p.m. steam train ride.

2:00 PM Meet at Niles Station - 37001 Mission Boulevard, Fremont
- you must arrive by no later than this time even with tickets already purchased. Don't be disappointed if the train is full!

2:20 PM Train Ride (1.5 hour excursion)

4:15 PM Film Screening – At the Edison Theater (home of the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, located at 37417 Niles Boulevard) - a silent film with live piano accompaniment: The Sunday matinee film feature is The Iron Horse (1924), directed by John Ford and starring George O’Brien, which commemorates the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.

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Notes of Interest: The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum was established in 2001 as a resource center for the history of Niles, for the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company western division, for pioneering film companies of the San Francisco Bay Area and for silent films in general. The Pacific Locomotive Association, http://www.ncry.org/,runs excursion train rides through Niles Canyon on the historic Niles Canyon Railway, transcontinental gateway to the San Francisco Bay.

Parking for Saturday and Sunday is available either at: 1) the depot parking lot, located at the corner of the Sullivan Underpass and Mission Boulevard; 2) the parking lot next to the Plaza on Niles Boulevard; 3) or street parking or the parking lot across from the Museum. The distance between the depot and the Museum is a short seven-minute walk.

Tickets for both the train and the Museum film screenings can be purchased online through the Museum’s PayPal account (with a minimal convenience fee) or by phone during the regular weekend tour hours of 12 - 4 PM, Saturday/Sunday, or the day of the event at respective locations for the train ride and the Museum film screening (but there is very limited seating; please reserve your tickets in advance to assure yourself a seat).  Tickets are needed for everyone but babes-in-arms.  If there are any questions, please email Rena at pr@nilesfilmmuseum.org.

Train Ride notes: you must arrive by no later than this time even with tickets already purchased. The train is VERY prompt and late arrivers will be treated as no-shows! Fares are $7 for children age 3 through 12 (Infants through age 2 ride free) $10 for Seniors age 62 and older, and $12 for everyone else. Buy your tickets through the museum website in advance as the tickets the day-of will be first come - first, first served.

For Saturday participants planning activities between the lecture and film screening, the Museum neighborhood features several shops and restaurants along Niles Boulevard: http://www.niles.org.