The clock will turn back quite a few years today when we have a visit from the Riverlander steam train featuring engine R707.
The train will be en route to Deniliquin for a couple of nights before calling into Moama to see the Moama Lights on the way home to Melbourne on Sunday.
For those not aware of local rail history, the section of line from Echuca to Deniliquin was not originally part of Victorian Railways.
Rather, it, and the bridge over the Murray River at Echuca, were financed and constructed by the landholders with properties along the route.
The project was designed to enable them to have supplies delivered more quickly – and get their grain and other farm produce to market.
Another interesting thing about the early trains was that rather than coal they ran on red gum timber. And we all know where they would have obtained the red gum
And if you miss the train today it will be back for another trip next weekend.