On Sunday evening we boarded the Wine Train for a dinner and a 3-hour excursion from Napa to St. Helena and back. We had a table in the Vista Dome car, so our seats were raised giving us fantastic views from the big windows. The train supervisor came by to chat with us and found out that were were from Texas/NM. He graduated from UT-Austin, and once he found out Ed & his mom & dad were with Furr's Cafeterias for years, he offered to give us a personal tour through the train and show us the kitchen. It was a very special event.
Ready to board the train in Napa.
A view of the Vista Dome car as we entered.
Here we are ready for dinner at the head table of the car.
(Of course, on the way home, we were the end table...)
This is the train supervisor, Jerome Matthews, from Texas. He gave us lots of interesting information about the train, such as it can serve 320 people in 2 seatings during the 3-hour train ride. Last week 320 Texans charted the entire train, so I guess he is partial to Texans.
This is the train supervisor, Jerome Matthews, from Texas. He gave us lots of interesting information about the train, such as it can serve 320 people in 2 seatings during the 3-hour train ride. Last week 320 Texans charted the entire train, so I guess he is partial to Texans.Here we are looking through one of the kitchen cars. We went to the next car and got to meet the head chef.
Here are some of the incredible views of the countryside from our train windows.
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Did you see the Next Food Network Star where they had to cook the meal in the train kitchen? These pictures remind me of that.
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