The day after Winterail 2007 was a beautiful late winter day in Northern California. Engineer Hoffman is at the throttle of NVR 72 as they head south back to Napa.
The afternoon Napa Valley Wine Train heading south back towards Napa CA.
Flying flags for the 4th of July, a sold-out Napa Valley Wine Train passes a field of grape vines.
By now, the passengers aboard the Wine Train are pretty sloshed, as NVR 72 leads the train South towards Napa.
NVR 73 sits idle, while NVR 72 and 70 prepare to head North with the evening dinner train.
Engineer Hoffman is at the controls of NVR 72, as the Lunch Train trundles along down the Napa Valley south of Yountville.
NVR 62 sits idle in the warm afternoon sun, as NVR 70 and 72 run around their train in the Napa Yard, and will be shut down after a run through the Napa Valley.
Having completed their run around move at St. Helena, NVR 72 prepares to depart for the return trip to Napa.
A far cry from todays modern EMD and GE locomotives, this is the control stand of ALCO FPA4 # 70 of the NVR.
The sun is close to setting in the Napa Valley, as NVR 70 trundles north near Rutherford along the Napa Valley Railroad.
NVR 70 hits the 1% grade of Yountville Hill, on a hot summer evening in the Napa Valley.
NVR 70 leads the evening dinner train out of Napa and is starting to head north into the heart of the Napa Valley.
Napa Valley 73 is ex/VIA Rail 6790 nee/CNR 6790.
