Former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer along with 200 others had travelled from Albury to Boree Creek aboard a classic 47 class diesel locomotive to raise money for the Albury Wodonga Cancer Centre Trust.
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It was the first time in at least a decade that a passenger train has visited Boree Creek.
The Rock to Boree Creek line is generally only frequented by grain trains when necessitated by the year's harvest.
Pictures: MARK JESSER