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On the Trains Magazine News Wire, it said six Napa Valley Wine Train units will be "Destroyed" to make room for a couple of Tier 4 units. That included 2 FPA4s, an RS11, a GP9 and more. I heard a San Francisco Belt RS-1 was forced to.
The closest I got was 8 years ago when I chased California Northern's UP-powered Fairfield Turn from Suisun to Lombard Yard, which is on the south end of Napa Valley. Chasing the Napa Valley Wine Train was on my agenda, so once I found out one of the day's trains was going to be powered by the Alco FPA-4s, I quickly came up with a game plan.
I rode the Napa Valley Wine Train last fall in early October for the lunch trip. I am not kidding when I say, there is NOTHING like it ANYWHERE ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY! As others have stated, if you can afford to get a ticket for the dome car, then by all means BUY IT! You will NOT be disappointed!
Current Page: Date: 03/16/24 17:41. New Napa Valley Wine Train Engine. Author: amtrakbill. Caught the new "California approved" engine pulling the Napa Valley Win Train today in St Helena CA. Please forgive the ladies talking and laughing in the background. Odviously they were not smitten by this new locomotive as I was.
Re: Engines for todays Napa Valley Wine train Author: Amtrak288 I rode the Wine Train last November twice (great experiences both times), the 1864 (new engine) ran both days, the last full day I was in town, they ran FPA-4 #70 and RS-11 #62.
The line utilizes ex-Canadian National MLW FPA-4 locomotives for power with extensively modified ex-Ski Train coaches for passenger accommodations. The Napa Valley Wine Train converted the ALCO FPA-4s to burn 60% natural gas and 40% diesel fuel mixture to improve combustion and reduce emissions. In 2008, FPA-4 73 was converted to burn 100% ...
Here's a runby of Rapido's FPA-4's in Napa Valley Scheme. I was very impressed with the FPA-4 including durability, detail, operation and sound. Great model overall! -James Wright Omaha, NEYou must be a registered subscriber to watch videos.
Stopped in Napa today to see my cousin and caught the NV Wine Train evening daily effort, headed down to spot the depot. After all the years--what was it, 1988 or so when it started??!-- she still looks good. Can't remember when they added the old MILW superdome... want to say around 2000 or so?!
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced earlier this month that the Napa Valley Wine Train will receive a $1.7m grant to acquire a new low emissions locomotive. This will be adminstered through the California Air Resources Board's Carl Moyer Program. Expect one of N
The studio visited the train, took pictures and measurements, and recreated one of the cars in their studio back in Los Angeles. The background scenery that you saw was real. They filmed it while they were there----so that really was the Napa Valley and the scenes along the Wine Train route in the background.