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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Gabriel Fowler

EXPLAINED: Hunter valley s beloved picnic train needs more time | Rare Historical Photos

Chris Richards standing in front of a R766 Steam Train which will need to be removed from the North Rothbury site to make way for the Huntlee housing estate development. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

WITHOUT enough time, and more than $1 million dollars to relocate by road, the Hunter Valley's beloved Picnic Train may come to a screaming halt and hundreds of historic railway items abandoned.

The Picnic Train and the charity behind it, along with a host of other not-for-profit entities involved with historic trains and railways, are pleading for up to three years to move off the $1.5 billion Huntlee development site at North Rothbury.

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