Now, Goldie is operating his own train, one where tickets sell for hundreds of dollars and riders clink glasses of the fine vintages sold by the wineries dotted along its rails. Roughly two years ago, Goldie’s firm, Brooks Street, and Noble House Hotels and Resorts bought the Napa Valley Wine Train for an undisclosed amount, scooping up a history-laden tourist attraction. One of their first orders of business was settling an $11 million discrimination lawsuitfiled by a mostly black group of women who said they were kicked off in August 2015, shortly before the sale, for talking too loudly.

 

“That’s totally behind us,” said 53-year-old Goldie. “Our whole goal is to create new experiences. ... I think people will really see it’s a new day. It’s a new ownership.”