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Originally built as a box car for the U.S. Department Of Defense. All electric power for the train whiel enroute is supplied by two generators located inside the car with the other side of the car set up as an open-windowed walkway. Having power supplied by this car allows the train to remain continuously powered including during the run-around of the locomotives at Saint Helena (ground-based power was used previously which required the train to temporarily lose power every time they had to connect or disconnect the ground-based power). The car was named after an extremely strong brandy named "Grappa". Walking through this car, you would never know it was housing generators, it's that quiet! Historical Information about this car provided by the Napa Valley Wine Train. |
