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On Oct. 20, 2001 the Niles Depot Historical Foundation celebrated the Niles Depot's 100th birthday with the Niles Harvest Festival & Depot Centennial. The event was sponsored by the Niles Merchants Association, the Niles Depot Historical Foundation and the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers. 

Speeches at the depot included remarks and presentation of proclamations by local elected officials, as well as California State Archivist Walter P. Gray, III and Henry Bender, a noted Southern Pacific depot expert. 

After the remarks and presentations, guests were treated to cake and the music of Greg Schindel. Better known as The Train Singer, Schindel can be heard regularly on the Skunk Train in Willets, California. 

There were also speeder rides offered by noted railroad photographer Vic Neves, and the opportunity to look at a variety of early gasoline engines on display in the parking lot. Also on display were live G-scale steam engines pulling trains. The Foundation raffled off two HO scale train layouts. All proceeds and donations were given to the Foundation's fund to move the depot to its original location in Downtown Niles. 

Dignitaries attending and presenting proclamations included Scott Haggerty, president of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Gail Steele, member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Bob Wasserman, vice mayor of the City of Fremont, Al Nagy, vice mayor of the City of Newark, and Judy Zlatnik and Steve Cho, council members of the City of Fremont. There were also representatives from the Office of California Secretary of State Bill Jones, the Office of State Senator Liz Figueroa and the Office of Assembly Member John Dutra. A proclamation from California Governor Gray Davis was also read. 

Matt Edwards, master of ceremonies	Walter P. Gray III, California state archivist	Henry Bender, SP depot expert
Bob Wasserman, Fremont vice-mayor	Matt Edwards presents a resolution to Ed Bingle, NDHF president	From left, Bob Wasserman, Ed Bingle, Marie Dear, Judy Zlatik, Al Nagy, Stanley Keiser and Greg Schindel
Larry Telles displays a lithograph he produced for the occasion	Cake presented by the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum	Bob Wasserman cuts a cake
Bench presented by the Niles Main Street Association	Festivities outside the Depot	Inside the Depot
"The Train Singer," Greg Schindel	Greg Schindel	Greg Schindel
Greg Schindel	Greg Schindel	Greg Schindel
Greg Schindel	Lee and June Rogers	Richard Hughes
		Vic Neves

On board a G-scale train outside the depot

Live G-scale steam engine

On board a G-scale train outside the depot