Making Tracks Railway Podcast
Alasdair Stewart
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Engineer Alasdair Stewart, Sharon Gregory and producer Laura Raymond meet experts and enthusiasts to talk trains, technology and infrastructure at historic, minor and quirky railways from around the world...
The ‘Making Tracks’ podcast is a blatant excuse for railway enthusiast Alasdair to spend more time talking to other track and infrastructure experts and take a deep dive into Heritage Railway projects world-wide.
From Civil Engineering Manager for the Welsh Highland Railway reconstruction, completing the final twelve mile phase from Rhyd Ddu to Porthmadog, to bridge construction on HS2, a theme park railway in South Korea and Mail Rail in London, Alasdair Stewart has built a reputation on having much more than a one track mind!
Sharon Gregory presents 'Railway Ride-outs' - visiting Heritage Lines by Harley - with lots of tips for the Biker Rail Enthusiast.
Produced by Journalist Laura Raymond
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Southwold Railway's First Public Steaming of 'Blyth', The 762 Club, Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Diesels! Mainline Pendolino Spotters' Trip around Manchester
Send us Fan MailIn this episode Alasdair Stewart visits the Southwold Railway in Suffolk on the day the volunteers mark the first public steaming of the replica engine 'Blyth'. Alasdair finds out…
Talyllyn: Celebrating 75 Years As The World's First Preserved Railway, Leighton Buzzard Light Railway and Barton House Railway. Plus, Encouraging Young Volunteers At The North Norfolk Railway!
Send us Fan MailThis episode celebrates the contribution of young people in heritage railways ...both in the past and present day, as Alasdair Stewart and Producer Laura Raymond, sitting in for…
HST Rail Tour, Rideout to Crich Tramway Museum, My Dad Saved A Railway, Tom Bright- Rail Journalist, Progress at Rother Valley Railway and Photography at Fairbourne
Send us Fan MailIn this episode Alasdair Stewart travels on an iconic Intercity 125 Class 43 rail tour from Euston to the north Wales coast . He meets up with travel journalist Tom Bright, Tom is…
Trading Places - Harz Mountain Railway and Baie de Somme Railway UK Heritage Railway Exchanges
Send us Fan MailIn this episode we meet Railwaymen and Women from Germany and France, that work at two contrasting iconic European metre gauge railways, 'twinned' with UK heritage lines.'Dampflok' is…
'Bring Euro Trains Back To Kent' Campaign, Biking to Blaenavan and Borth, 34028 'Eddystone', A railway poet & The Youngest Model Railway Show Organiser & WHHR's First Class Museum!
Send us Fan MailIn this episode find out how a conversation with a Kent poet Nick Russell and his poem ' Connections' led to taking a look at a well established campaign to bring Euro trains back to…
Rockstars and Railways: Ashford Model Railway Education Centre, Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway, A Rail Tourist in Milan, Railway 200 Final Few Stops For The Successful 'Inspiration' Train
Send us Fan MailThis episode is very much one of Rockstars and their Model Railways as Alasdair Stewart attends the official launch of the Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre in…
Colonel Stephens, East Kent Railway, Kent Mining Museum, Severn Valley Railway DMU, Llangollen Railway Volunteer's Royal Invitation, Peak Rail, #WorldBookDay,
Send us Fan MailIt is a full house this episode we have all been out visiting railways across the UK. Alasdair goes to East Kent Railway – a Colonel Stephens Line ..if you are not familiar with…
Winter Work at Snowdon Mountain Railway, Biking to Ironbridge Gorge, Diesels at Spa Valley & Chiltern's new 'Explorer' trains.
Send us Fan MailWe visit the UK's only public rack and pinion line, Snowdon Mountain Railway which is also the highest railway route, going to the Summit station from the foot of Snowdon – or Y…
Touring India's Railways, Steam at Oswestry Station, The Locomotive Club of Great Britain and Dapol Wagons for #WorldBookDay!
Send us Fan MailWe've revamped for 2026 with new branding, featuring presenters Sharon Gregory and Alasdair Stewart marking our 4th year of chatting about Railways.In this episode Alasdair meets a…
S3E26 'Mr Hornby' - Simon Kohler's memories, Manchester Model Railway Society, Scottish Mainline Adventure, Stockton & Darlington Locomotion No 1 Railway 200, Southern Rail Driver Embraces Christmas!
Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Mr Hornby himself, Simon Kohler chats to Alasdair about his new book 'My life at Hornby' and his career at the model manufacturer.Alasdair travel to Manchester to…
Queensbury Tunnel Campaign in Yorkshire, Tanat's Steam Monorail and Young Railway Enthusiasts Report on Collection X & the Railway 200 'Inspiration Train' plus a Network Rail renewal in Sussex
Send us Fan MailWelcome to this episode of Making Tracks Podcast with Alasdair Stewart and Sharon Gregory.In many episodes you will have heard us welcoming opportunities for young railway…
A tale of two railway museums: Utrecht and York, the East Lancashire Railway Gala, English narrow gauge in Kent and a Dutch preserved line.
Send us Fan MailIn this episode we’ll be visiting two national railway museums, in Utrecht and York, a gala event at the East Lancashire railway, and riding on standard and narrow gauge heritage…
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, Hastings Diesels, 'Railway Children' performed at Keighley & Worth Valley, and Young Railway Enthusiast wins footplate experience at Rudyard Lake.
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Making Tracks with Alasdair Stewart, Sharon Gregory and Laura Raymond, we’ll be visiting Welshpool and Llanfair Railway a rural, narrow gauge light railway, built…
Railway 200; 'Greatest Gathering', Sharon's Railway Rideouts to the Glyn Valley Tramway and TV Newsreader Nicholas Owen's Railway Enthusiasm.
Send us Fan MailIn 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…
L'viv Children's Railway In Ukraine, UK Loco In Transylvania, NERHT, FEDECRAIL & UK Parliamentarians Lobby for Heritage Rail's Future plus Sharon Gregory visits a Garden Viaduct
Send us Fan MailWelcome 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…
Childhood Memories from a Welsh Station House, Blackpool & Seaton Trams and Telford Steam Railway, plus Ffestiniog 70 years of Preservation
Send us Fan MailIn 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 …
Heritage Railways Improve Visitor Appeal in North Wales and Sharon Gregory's Holiday Rideouts
Send us Fan MailIn 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'…
Hastings Railway History, Kent & East Sussex Line Celebrations & Llanberis Lake Railway
Send us Fan MailIn 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…
Anglesey Line Revival, Talyllyn's Job Share GMs, Lithuanian Narrow Gauge & Bluebell Railway Volunteer's Heartfelt Fundraiser
Send us Fan MailIn 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…
S3E16 Pioneering Electric Railways: A Look at Liverpool's Overhead Railway & Brighton's Volk's Electric Railway
Send us Fan MailTwo 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…
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