Category: Media Coverage

Pete’s Hobby Railway is mentioned in Issue 251 (October 2016) of Light Railways, the bi-monthly magazine of the Light Railway Research of Australia Inc. The brief article spans pages 36 and 37, with Page 37 featuring our current “hero” shot of the Hunslet, Ruston and the restored “Guards Carriage” sitting on the small section of …

The October-December 2016 issue (Vol 20, No 4) of Track + Signal magazine has a three page article, written by Leon Oberg, entitled “‘Old-fashioned engineering’ alive and well” that covers the restoration work K & H Ainsworth Engineering performed on the Hunslet steam locomotive, Ruston diesel and carriage. For Ken Ainsworth the exercise was simply …

Leon Oberg, the Australian news editor of the Railway Herald was present when the restored Hunslet and Ruston, along with the modified carriage, was loaded up from Ainsworth Engineering in Goulburn, ready for to delivery to their new home in Junee, NSW, Australia. He wrote a story that covered a brief history of the Hunslet …

Junee’s railway history is being transformed by a resident following the addition of an operation steam train in town. (Junee Southern Cross Facebook Page, July 15, 2016)

Peter Neve OAM is setting up his own train track in Junee (Junee Southern Cross, July 11, 2016)

Private Steam Train on Track in Junee – Peter Neve OAM is setting up his own train track in Junee (The Daily Advertiser, July 7, 2016)

Queen’s Birthday Honours for Rail Historian – Rail heritage at heart of career for Peter Neve OAM (The Daily Advertiser, June 8, 2015)