A group of Peter’s friends and the volunteers of Pete’s Hobby Railway will gather on Saturday, June 30, 2018 to help Peter and the team celebrate the Grand Opening of the new 1915-style Unattended Waiting Shed that has been constructed on Lotus Station platform. We will also be operating on Sunday July 1st, 2018 and …
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We will be operating our fully restored 1915 Hunslet steam locomotive* and Ruston diesel locomotive on Tuesday April 24, 2018 providing plenty of opportunities for visitors passing through Junee for the School Holidays to do some “train spotting” and to take photos or video of them in operation. Train Spotting Times Tuesday, April 24, 2018 …
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Train Spotting at Pete’s Hobby Railway In order to help out in the promotion of Junee as the “1870s railway town”, Pete, with the assistance of his volunteers, has undertaken to demonstrate Pete’s Hobby Railway over the 2018 Junee Rhythm n Rail Festival weekend — March 9-11, 2018. We will be operating our fully restored …
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With a nice warm spring day forecast again for this coming Thursday, and before school holidays finish, an operational day is planned for Pete’s Hobby Railway. Both the 102-year old Hunslet steam locomotive and the Ruston diesel locomotive will be used to haul our carriages across now 400m+ length of track in service in Peter’s …
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With a nice warm spring day forecast for this coming Monday, an operational day is planned for Pete’s Hobby Railway. This will also be an opportunity to run the train over the full length of the recently extended track, now in excess of 400 metres in length and crossing my front driveway twice. Weather conditions …
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As part of the 2017 Junee Rhythm n Rail Festival, Pete’s Hobby Railway conducted our first two publicised Operating Days, where we operated the trains and had the public visitors to the Rhythm n Rail Festival viewing, from the street, the Hunslet steam locomotive and the Ruston Diesel locomotive hauling our passenger carriages. We even …
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As part of the 2017 Junee Rhythm n Rail Festival Pete’s Hobby Railway will be operating our fully restored 1915 Hunslet steam locomotive* and Ruston diesel locomotive on Saturday and Sunday, March 11-12, 2017 from 12:00noon until 4:00pm. We plan to have regular runs of the locomotives just after the Omnibus arrives in Wardle Street …
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Under perfect weather conditions, Junee’s latest rail attraction, “Pete’s Hobby Railway”, was officially opened on Monday last (6th February). Approximately 60 friends of Peter, some local, others from as far away as Sydney, made the journey to Junee to be present at the opening and also help celebrate his 75th birthday. Over the previous two …
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