A nearly century-old train became a party on wheels as a good crowd headed from Orange to Condobolin for the annual picnic race meeting on Saturday.
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A decent crew joined the Lachlan Valley Railway’s 1920s-era railmotors at Orange, a crowd armed with eskies were waiting on the Molong platform to join the trip while birthday celebrations were kicking off at Manildra as the train arrived.
Manildra publican David Mackay celebrated his 65th birthday with a host of family and friends as they headed to the heat and red-dirt track at Condo for the races.
“I love the old trains,” he said.
“It’s a great thing to get the family to the picnic races.”