Cooma Monaro Railway
Cooma Monaro Railway
The CMR has had weddings performed on Cooma station before (and even on the train itself), but in late October 2004, the station was transformed into a wedding reception house.
At the start of the day, all four CMR units (including the under restoration CPH 8) lined up at the platform.
A temporary wall closed off one end of the platform, and together with the CPHs formed two walls of the 'reception room'.
Inside the 'room', various eating and drinking kiosks were constructed. Guests could either sit on the platform chairs, in the station waiting room or in the CPHs.
Just before the guests arrived, ribbon bedecked CPH22 left to pick up the bridal party from the small Snowy Junction station at the edge of town. The first thing the surprised guests knew of the arrival of the party was a series of joyous toots on 22's horn as it returned to the platform.
It wasn't until the next morning that 3 of the 4 cars returned to the shed, leaving 22 to run the normal day's operations.
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