It's been more than 70 years since she's moved, but this June the Picnic Train will make a return to the tracks.
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The volunteer-run 5917 Train has almost completed upgrades, totalling $200,000.
"We're launching [the train] on Mothers' Day in the Hunter Valley, then heading over to Junee with a charter group so we thought why not use our free time there to take Wagga guests around the area," said organiser Sam Roach.
With 3,000 seats, it will recreate the journeys of yesteryear with open-style windows from which to view the billowing steam.
"It's all about the steam engine really, they get to see what it was like 67 years ago, the steam engine is 70 years old dating back to 1952, and the carriages are about 90 years old," said Mr Roach.
"The train was actually one of the very last in Australia that went into service, with carriages imported from America."
The Picnic Train will run 10 trips out of Wagga over the weekend of June 1 and 2, travelling to Harefield and Uranquinty, and further on to Cootamundra.
