Welcome to my Section Car Pages. I hope you find this site useful - if there is something you are looking for that is not mentioned, please email me.

 My interest in section cars goes back as far as I can remember. The earliest pic I have with me and a section car was in 1971! I recall seeing them at various museums and parks when I was young, but it was not until I moved to Port Lincoln South Australia in 1985 that I actually got to ride on one.

A friend and I had traveled up to Cummins (a small farming town, and railway junction on Eyre Peninsula about 60km north of Port Lincoln) and was heading south when I saw a small headlight coming towards me. We pulled over to take a photo, when the obliging operator slowed down to let me take a photo. The car was a Fairmont M15-B fleet no. M116, substantially modified for its task, and was under the control of the Port Lincoln based length runner, "Hoppy".

After an invite to board, I rode for about 2km into Cummins, and was thus bitten by the Fairmont Bug. This car now resides in my shed!

A few months after my encounter, I managed to wangle a section car from the Railways in Port Lincoln, which turned out to be a Fairmont ST2-Z42 H series car, fleet no F175. It was joined a few months later by another small Fairmont, M21.Thanks to a considerate District Engineer!

Since then I have had a passionate interest in the hobby. I have been involved with all the preservation groups that have specialised solely in section cars in Australia (not those who are preserving a railway, and running cars for the public) - founding two of them, including the largest, ASSCO.

I was invited to attend the Motorcar Operators West, Inc. Pacific North West Tour in June of 2003, as a guest of John Black and Jeanne Kleyn. This was my second trip to the States. I stayed with "SPEEDER" editor and long time pen-friend Jeffrey Dobek in frozen Iowa in 1993 (and got a ride on the Keokuk Junction Railway).The chance to be a part of the Pacific North West Tour has been a highlight of my involvement with the hobby. My third trip overseas, during 2006, took in the White Pass and Yukon Route, in Alaska. By far the most amazing run I have done.

2006 marked the Twentieth Anniversary of my first "big trip" on a speeder, the Quad to Quorn. I finally developed a subsite late in 2007.

I have had a lot of fun working with the hobby and its supporting industry, and the many bright and capable people who make running section cars a great past-time, and Australia, a great place to live. My professional involvement in the railway industry currently limits opportunities to run my cars. I keep an ear to the ground, and enjoy hearing from people who have now found how much fun the hobby is.

You are welcome to email me a link if you have a car, if you have information on type of car not included in the list, or if you have a page on the hobby, or would like to give me feedback on this site. Thanks to those who have contributed to these pages. If you wish to see what has been updated recently try the History Page. I have also added a navigation page to help you get through it!

And because I am open minded - I have been adding road-rail and MIC technologies to the page. I hope that this site, and its links, gives you further inspiration as to the fun of the activity.

I look forward to welcoming you back soon.