While happy with his multiple trips around the circuit, a four-year old boy obviously wanted a more hands-on involvement in the proceedings.

So for 20 minutes he acted as conductor, standing at the track’s south-eastern pedestrian crossing, halting and waving through foot traffic as trains approached the final bend before the station.

He even admonished a group of suitably chastened adults for attempting what he reasoned to be an unsafe crossing.

Saturday’s edition of the Orange tradition was a special one, with the Orange and District Historical Society arranging displays fir the public to view, including miniature steam engines, railway memorabilia and historic photos.