<Tr> <Td> & Union Pacific </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> view </Li> <Li> talk </Li> <Li> edit </Li> </Ul> <P> The Napa Valley Wine Train is operated by the Napa Valley Railroad (reporting mark NVRR). The train is a privately operated excursion train that runs between Napa and St. Helena, California . Much of the rail line parallels State Route 29 after leaving the City of Napa and passes the towns of Yountville, Rutherford and Oakville . The route passes by many the region's vineyards and wineries located in Napa County . </P> <P> The railroad's track is part of what was originally the Napa Valley Railroad founded by early California pioneer Samuel Brannan in 1864 . Brannan established it to bring tourists to the resort town of Calistoga, California which he also founded . The railroad's 42 miles (68 km) of track ran from Calistoga to Vallejo, California where it connected with San Francisco Bay Area ferry boat service . California Pacific Railroad Extension Company purchased the Napa Valley Railroad Company at a foreclosure sale on June 9, 1869 . Later that same year on December 23, the railroad was renamed the California Pacific Railroad . The track was leased to Southern Pacific Railroad on April 1, 1885 and was soon connected to their main line in Suisun, California . California Pacific Railroad was acquired by Southern Pacific on April 14, 1898 . The line was extended to Benicia, California in 1904 . The electric interurban railroad San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway was built parallel to the NVRR and opened in 1905 until the 1930s . The NVRR track was utilized by Southern Pacific as a freight branch line for the following 58 years until 1987 when the railroad petitioned for abandonment . </P>

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