Howard"s Railway Ramblings.

Railwaymen and enthusiasts talk about the project to build a working replica of a Patriot class LMS steam locomotive. Recorded in 2009 at the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire. The locomotive will be named The Unknown Warrior recognizing its role as a National Memorial Engine, in memory of servicemen and women lost in the First World War and all subsequent wars. This special role was performed by the first of the original Patriot class - named Patriot - in honour of railway employees who fell

Christian Wolmar talks about his history of the railways in Britain. First published in 2007.

Recorded at the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway in 2010 this is a look back at the Great Western Railway, which came into existence by an Act of Parliament in 1835. The famous first line from London to Bristol was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and over the years the system expanded to reach from the far south west of England, through Wales, to reach the port of Birkenhead in the north. As well as the high speed main lines, many of which still carry millions of passengers today, there

A ride on the Bluebell railway in Sussex with author Andrew Martin giving the background to his Edwardian era crime novels.

Recorded on location in February 2007 this is an interview about the history of St. Pancras station in London opened by the Midland Railway in October 1868.

Recorded in 2007.

Recorded on location at Wentworth Woodhouse Howard Benson speaks to Catherine Bailey, the author of the Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty.