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DESCRIPTION:All Aboard the Niles Canyon Steam Train with Films\n\nThe 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 1950s. All trains have enclosed coaches, open cars, and covered 
 open cars for your selection. \n\n1:00 PM Meet at Niles Station - 37001 
 Mission Boulevard, Fremont\n- you must arrive by no later than this time 
 even with tickets already purchased. \n\nFares 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.\n Pacific Locomotive Association: 
 925-862-9063\n\n Remember\n√ Trains leave ON TIME\n √ Seating is 
 first-come, first-served\n √ Trains run in any weather - dress 
 appropriately \n\n1:20 PM Train Ride (1.5 hour excursion)\n\n 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; 
 \nhttp://www.nilesfilmmuseum.org\n 510-494-1411.\n Train will be back to 
 the Niles station by 3:00 PM \n\n4:15 PM Special LaborFest free screening 
 at the Edison Theater (Donation welcome)\n Building the Twin Peaks Tunnel 
 (19 min) 1918\n The building of the Twin Peaks Tunnel was touted at the 
 time as the longest municipal tunnel in the world. Shot by the Pathescope 
 film company for the Baldwin and Howell Real Estate Company, and probably 
 first shown in 1917, this film documents the construction of the tunnel and 
 the clearing of Sutro Forest, as well as development of the West Portal, 
 St. Francis Wood, and Westwood Park neighborhoods.\n\nDirection from I-880 
 Fremont:\n - Exit onto Mowry Ave. Fremont, Continue NE toward hills \n - 
 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\n \nJuly 19 
 (Saturday) \nSaturday Screening at the Edison Theater \n6:00 p.m.\nBruder 
 (Brother). (84 min.) 1927 Germany. Commissioned by Hamburg Transport 
 Union.\n Historical silent film, made by workers of historic 1896 Hamburg 
 transport workers general strike. The film was banned and burned by the 
 Nazi's and later rediscovered \n in Soviet archives.\n\n7:30 p.m.\nBy 
 Man’s Law. United States. Biograph, 1913. Directed by Christy 
 Cabanne.\nStrike. Soviet Union, 1925. Directed by Sergei M. 
 Eisenstein.\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n 
 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.\n\nParking 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. \n\nTrain 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. You can buy your tickets through the 
 museum website. http://www.nilesfilmmuseum.org \n\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2014/Documents/NileTrain-2014.htm\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/30/18758123.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Niles Canyon Steam Train & Films
LOCATION:Meet at Niles Station - 37001 Mission Boulevard, Fremont\n- you must arrive 
 by no later than this time even with tickets already purchased. \n
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