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Napa Valley Wine Train MLW (ALCO) FPA-4 #73
Napa, CA
 
November 16th, 2014
11:17am
Montreal Locomotive Works
(ALCO Subsidiary) 1959
Napa Valley Wine Train
 
Canadian National Railway
VIA Rail Canada
Digital Photo
 
Canon EOS 60D
 
Tamron (Canon) 18-200mm
f3.5-6.3 Zoom Lens
f11.0 @ 1/125th sec
ISO 200
711-3101
 
One of the Wine Train's main locomotives. In 1999, this unit was converted to run on 60% compressed natural gas and 40% diesel fuel. In 2003, it was converted to run on 100% compressed natural gas. Historical information about this locomotive provided by the Napa Valley Wine Train.