Niles Canyon Railway Wine & Cheese Special

July 29, 8:35 PMSan Jose Wine ExaminerSteve Ferree

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The Niles Canyon Railway Wine & Cheese Special begins on August 9 and runs for 5 weekends through September 6. This year the Wine & Cheese Special will focus on Livermore Valley Wines, enabling the passengers to sample the wide selection of excellent wines available from the wineries in this historic wine region of California.

The Wine & Cheese Special will run on Sunday afternoons, boarding at 3:00 p.m. at the Sunol station and embarking at 3:30 p.m. for this 2 hour run. During the trip the passengers will sample the wines along with cheeses and bread especially selected to match these wines. The wine educator, Steve Ferree (yes, yours truly), will inform the passengers about Livermore Valley wine appellation and the wineries that were selected for that specific run.

Niles Canyon Railway (NCRY) is the only tourist railway in Alameda County and is a living history museum dedicated to interpreting the importance of heritage railroads in the development of California and the nation. It runs on the original historic transcontinental railroad line that linked the San Francisco Bay to Sacramento and across the country when it opened in 1869. As steam trains were retired in the 1960s a group of railroad enthusiasts stepped in to save some of that equipment and eventually got the rights to use the abandoned rail line between Sunol and Niles. The Niles Canyon Railway is still operated by volunteers and depends upon ticket sales to maintain their operation.

Ticket prices are $37.50 each and can be ordered by going to the Niles Canyon Railway Wine & Cheese Special website, and click on the date you wish to travel. The train departs from the Sunol station off Hwy 84 in Sunol near Interstate 680. See you aboard!

For more info:  Niles Canyon Railway