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Making Tracks Railway Podcast

Alasdair Stewart

Railway Infrastructure Engineer Alasdair Stewart, Sharon Gregory and contributors Paddy Range plus young reporters and railway enthusiasts George Woodward and Cynan Hughes (plus parents) meet experts and enthusiasts to talk trains. They"ll chat technology and infrastructure and locos as they visit historic, minor and quirky railways around the world. Sharon co-presents the podcast and will often take you with her on a "Railway Rideout" on her Harley to review heritage lines by bike.Australia

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65:31

Railway 200; 'Greatest Gathering', Sharon's Railway...

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2025/08/24

Send us a text In this episode of Making Tracks we’ll take you behind the scenes of the 'Greatest Gathering' in Derby, England for a prestigious piece of the UK's Railway 200 celebrations. Engineer Alasdair Stewart meets some of those who made it happen, and speaks with a variety of people representing a fraction of the variety and scope of the UK railway family as the movement looks forward to the future. All aboard for the Greatest Gathering! Sharon Gregory goes on another 'Railway Rideout'...

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61:11

A Children's Railway In Ukraine, A UK Loco In...

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2025/07/26

Send us a text Welcome aboard this episode of MAKING TRACKS RAILWAY PODCAST with Alasdair Stewart and Sharon Gregory – no tickets are required to travel with us and there is no fare to pay! In this episode we’ll be hearing from a teacher at one of Ukraine’s Childrens' Railways , an enthusiast and preservationist from Kiev tells me something of the current challenges in that country……Bill Parker of Flour Mill fame reflects on the two year working holiday of one of his engines in Transylvania, ...

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64:31

Childhood Memories from a Welsh Station House,...

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2025/06/26

Send us a text In this episode of Making Tracks with Alasdair Stewart, we hear cherished memories of growing up at a remote station house in rural north Wales from Lynette Tucker... daughter of John Harrison—fondly known as 'Lord North'. His great uncle, John Wills and his acquaintance with Bassett Lowke, who employed him to convert the #Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway from a derelict 3ft gauge railway to “15 “inch Gauge. We also visit a uniquely gauged tramway in Devon, ca...

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50:04

Heritage Railways Improve Visitor Appeal in North...

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2025/06/09

Send us a text In this Episode of Making Tracks, engineer and podcaster Alasdair Stewart learns about modern methods of marketing heritage railways with the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways' Osian Hughes. Helen Leslie explains how a museum is a fundamental part of the visitor experience at the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway in Porthmadog, and Sharon Gregory has been on tour on her motorbike visiting some of her favourite lines and meets the S4C TV dragons at the Talyllyn Ra...

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56:37

Hastings Railway History, Kent & East Sussex Line...

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2025/05/03

Send us a text In this episode of Making Tracks Podcast I visit some of England's most charming, bucolic countryside to join in celebrations at the Kent and East Sussex Railway, as they mark 25 years since Bodiam station was reopened. The 'Railway 200' anniversary is marked in Hastings, with an exhibition at the town's museum and gallery, and I went to meet the , former Railwayman Kevin Boorman. We speak about his collection of railway memorabilia and some of region’s rich railway histo...

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61:44

Anglesey Line Revival, Talyllyn's Job Share GMs,...

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2025/03/26

Send us a text In this episode our travels to uncover Railway stories take us to Anglesey to meet Walter Glynn Davis, the 81 year old chair of Lein Amlwch – Anglesey Central Railway Ltd, a group who are working to bring the Amlwch to Gerwen line back into service. Walter, retired teacher travelled, on the last passenger train in 1964 and being a local man from Amlwch the line has been his passion ever since. We talk to the new job share General Managers: Liz Porrett and Lorraine S...

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56:01

Electric Railways: A Look Back at Liverpool's...

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2025/03/01

Send us a text Two cities and two very different electric railway stories: one still thriving with its original Victorian vintage vehicles and the other, a fading memory, with just a few tangible remains left around the city. I go to Brighton beach to visit Volk's the oldest operating Electric railway in the world and we head to the National Museum of Liverpool to speak to the curator of Land, Transport Works and Industry, Sharon Brown to find out about the former Liverpool Overhead Ele...

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57:44

#Railway200 Celebrations Underway and the Corris...

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2025/01/13

Send us a textWelcome to the first episode of making tracks of 2025 the start of a special year in the Railway calendar – Railway 200Railway 200 is a cross sector, government backed, partner led campaign to celebrate Two centuries since the start of the modern era of rail travel marked by the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825 The bi-centenary Celebrations started with a New Years Day 'Whistle Up' across the UK and beyond.Alan Hyde joins us from the Railway 200 ...

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69:11

Railway Modelling: Experts, Exhibitions and Enthusiasts!

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2024/11/29

Send us a textThe UK winter is a good time for indoor hobbies, and like many others, my thoughts are turning to the model railway kits I have stockpiled but haven't got around to making! Instead of getting on with the job, I went to the National Exhibition Centre for the inaugural National Festival of Railway Modelling for some inspiration... organised by Warners Group Publications, who have taken over the slot from Warley model railway club. With more of a family friendly app...

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49:47

Out of Africa: 'Kalahari' NG15- 134 Back in Steam &...

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2024/10/29

Send us a textThis episode focusses on engines from Africa. The first returned to steam after 20 years of restoration work and fundraising from dedicated volunteers – the NG 15 134. Alasdair talks to volunteer project leader Adrian Strachan and some of the volunteers and staffNow you know many a gem is found browsing a Railway Second hand book stall – a pastime Sharon from our Railway Ride Outs and Alasdair have in common.Well our second story from Africa this episode came to light when Alasd...

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56:24

Crewe Heritage Centre, Avanti's Present Day Crewe &...

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2024/09/19

Send us a textIn this episode of Making Tracks we visit the Cheshire town of Crewe, once dubbed the ' Railway Capital of the World ' -and see how the the town's railway and industrial inheritance is being preserved at the Crewe Heritage Centre,We meet three trustees and take a walk around the museum, sit in the cab of the only remaining APT – Advanced Passenger Train and explore a signal box transplanted from Exeter, carefully rebuilt, complete with a 100 plus lever frame with working interlo...

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50:46

Mail Rail:London's Underground Narrow Gauge, Biker...

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2024/07/29

Send us a Text Message.In this episode of Making Tracks, Alasdair Stewart goes over old ground, or rather underground, as he revisits the Post Office railway – or Mail Rail as it has become known in recent decades, which is part of London's Postal Museum. Alasdair was keen to take a journey on the railway after working as a contracting engineer on the track upgrade underground nearly 10 years ago.Welcome to new contributor trainee fireman Sharon Gregory, Sharon's Railway Ride outs will give y...

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63:51

Rother Valley Railway:Missing Link Restoration...

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2024/06/09

Send us a Text Message.This episode is a tale of two railways both celebrating. A new beginning of the final stretch the two mile missing link that will join Robertsbridge to Tenterden and the Kent and Sussex Railway.Mainline steam locomotive 'Britnannia' travelled down from Crewe, and provided motive power on shuttles between Robertsbridge Junction and Northbridge Street. The inauguration of the RVR's new turntable coincided with the K&ESR 50th We meet volunteers f...

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47:15

Sussex: The Lavender Line, Rother Valley Update &...

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2024/03/24

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48:40

Amberley Museum Narrow Gauge Visit & Volunteering...

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2024/02/04

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45:11

Christmas Selection Box: Santa Trains, a descendant...

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2023/12/17

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Mainline in Miniature & 'Oil firing'; A Sustainable...

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2023/11/17

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46:03

Overseas Locos: Enthusiasts Going The Extra Mile For...

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2023/11/05

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25:49

The James Spooner and Barmouth Viaduct - Iconic...

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2023/10/20

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39:17

Sibiu Agnita Railway September Steam Gala -...

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2023/09/17

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