They Also Serve

You will hear it said that 'an organisation is only as good as the people who make up the organisation'. If that's the case, then the CMR is singularly fortunate in the quality of the members who contribute to our operations. It is easy to say that about our drivers, guards, railmotor maintenance and restoration people, track maintenance people and the like, all of whom do a first class job continuing CMR's high standard of  operations.  

What is not so readily apparent is the superb work done by the support people, particularly during our gala days and a number of functions for charter groups. A few are regulars around the railway, others just pitch in on the day to make our passengers' experience an enjoyable one.  Without them, CMR could not have gained the reputation for memorable group occasions that we currently enjoy. To them, the CMR says a heartfelt 'thank you'.

 The following photos, taken during a recent gala day and a party at Chakola, illustrate the point.

Dinosaurs

Those of you who check this site regularly will know that this past summer has seen the CMR visited by a number of car clubs.  The car park at Cooma station, with its period backdrop of the refurbished station building, is an ideal venue for display of well cared for automobiles. These visits have been covered in detail by this website (see the Car Clubs and Car Clubs 2 pages), but we can't  close off the season without mentioning the last group to visit us - The Dinosaur Drivers  Club. Before they arrived, we were idly wondering if the name 'Dinosaur' described the cars or the drivers! Fortunately, it was the former. As observed before, our CPHs are actually older than any of the cars here, though in a couple of cases, it was a close run thing. 

Refer to our Group Tours page if you have an upcoming function that would benefit from the unique CMR experience.