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Making Tracks Railway Podcast

Hosted by Alasdair Stewart · society · EN-US · 42 episodes

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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 correspondent Michael Cunningham. Produced by Journalist Laura Raymond. This is a British Podcast Awards Longlisted Podcast 2026

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What is Making Tracks Railway Podcast about?

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.

Who hosts Making Tracks Railway Podcast?

Making Tracks Railway Podcast is hosted by Alasdair Stewart. The show has published 42 episodes to date.

What has Making Tracks Railway Podcast covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Tracking Down Your Railway Roots. A Special Episode Sharing Railway Family History Stories and Society of Genealogists' Research Tips" (4 October 2026, 66 minutes), "The Zig Zag Railway, Australian Photographer and Author William Cope Tells The Story Behind His New Book, The Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway plus Will New UK Guidelines Open Up Opportunites For Young Heritage Volunteers?" (29 August 2026, 57 minutes), and "Baldwin 590 Returns to Traffic, Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway, Chinnor and Princes Risborough and Meeting Railway Influencer Andy Miller, plus Behind the Scenes Tour Of Bluebell's Sheffield Park Station" (16 August 2026, 62 minutes).

How often does Making Tracks Railway Podcast publish?

Making Tracks Railway Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 62 minutes across 42 episodes.

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Booking probability for Making Tracks Railway Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Making Tracks Railway Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Making Tracks Railway Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.

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Alasdair Stewart hosts Making Tracks Railway Podcast, a society show with 42 episodes published.

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  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    Tracking Down Your Railway Roots. A Special Episode Sharing Railway Family History Stories and Society of Genealogists' Research Tips

    Oct 4, 20261h 6m

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a special episode of Making Tracks Railway Podcast as Alasdair Stewart and producer Laura Raymond go on a mission to trace family railway history. They share their own family's stories and...

  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    The Zig Zag Railway, Australian Photographer and Author William Cope Tells The Story Behind His New Book, The Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway plus Will New UK Guidelines Open Up Opportunites For Young Heritage Volunteers?

    Aug 29, 202657 min

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome aboard another episode of Making Tracks Railway Podcast with Alasdair Stewart and Sharon Gregory. In this episode we are travelling vicariously to The Zig Zag Railway in New South Wales in...

  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    Baldwin 590 Returns to Traffic, Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway, Chinnor and Princes Risborough and Meeting Railway Influencer Andy Miller, plus Behind the Scenes Tour Of Bluebell's Sheffield Park Station

    Aug 16, 20261h 2m

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode we feature a Baldwin loco - 590 – a war veteran in its own right as it returns to traffic on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway. Young reporters Cynan Hughes, George Woodward and...

  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    Netherlands' VSM and Museum Buurtspoorweg, Bristol Harbour Railway and the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Gala

    Aug 3, 20261h 6m

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode Alasdair Stewart heads to Holland to visit the VSM - Veluwxce Stoomtrein Maatschappij. The VSM is a heritage line that connects with the Dutch national network – and where volunteer...

  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    North Yorkshire Moors Railway's 'Piglet' Talks TV's 'Steam Train Diaries', Amerton Railway and Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway

    Jul 9, 20261h 1m

    Send us Fan Mail This week we had some excellent news..we've made the Longlist of the #BritishPodcastAwards 2026 in the factual category.. your time listening and suggestions for stories are really appreciated! Welcome...

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  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    Visiting Australia's Mornington Tourist Railway, Queensland's Mary Valley Rattler Volunteers, Ffestiniog's Carol Becomes a 'Chelsea Pensioner', London's Leslie Green Tube Stations and Restoring Art Deco Station - Bishopstone in Sussex

    Jun 23, 20261h 4m

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are delighted to have been made so welcome at the Mornington Tourist Railway, a broad gauge railway in Victoria , Australia, as Mikey Cunningham rides the footplate and chats to...

  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    Visiting Australia's Mornington Tourist Railway, Queensland's Mary Valley 'Rattler' Volunteers, Ffestiniog's Carol Becomes a 'Chelsea Pensioner', London's Leslie Green Tube Stations and Restoring an Art Deco Station - Bishopstone in Sussex

    Jun 23, 20261h 4mS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this episode we are delighted to have been made so welcome at the Mornington Tourist Railway, a broad gauge railway in Victoria , Australia, as Mikey Cunningham rides the footplate and chats...

  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    Southwold Railway's First Public Steaming of 'Blyth', The 762 Club, Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Diesels! Mainline Pendolino Spotters' Trip around Manchester

    Jun 13, 20261 hourS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In 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 about the...

  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    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!

    May 29, 20261h 11mS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This 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 Sharon Gregory...

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    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

    May 18, 202648 minS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In 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 the news and...

  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    Trading Places - Harz Mountain Railway and Baie de Somme Railway UK Heritage Railway Exchanges

    May 2, 20261h 1mS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In 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.</p><p>'Dampflok' is...

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    '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!

    Apr 16, 202659 minS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In 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 Kent after...

  • Making Tracks Railway Podcast

    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

    Mar 26, 202638 minS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This episode is very much one of Rockstars and their Model Railways as Alasdair Stewart attends the official launch of the <b>Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre in Kent</b>...

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    Colonel Stephens, East Kent Railway, Kent Mining Museum, Severn Valley Railway DMU, Llangollen Railway Volunteer's Royal Invitation, Peak Rail, #WorldBookDay,

    Mar 5, 20261h 23mS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>It 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 that name...he...

  • Episode #28

    Winter Work at Snowdon Mountain Railway, Biking to Ironbridge Gorge, Diesels at Spa Valley & Chiltern's new 'Explorer' trains.

    Feb 6, 202648 minS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>We 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 Wyddfa its...

  • Episode #27

    Touring India's Railways, Steam at Oswestry Station, The Locomotive Club of Great Britain and Dapol Wagons for #WorldBookDay!

    Jan 28, 202659 minS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>We've revamped for 2026 with new branding, featuring presenters Sharon Gregory and Alasdair Stewart marking our 4th year of chatting about Railways.</p><p>In this episode Alasdair meets a...

  • Episode #26

    '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!

    Dec 20, 20251h 19mS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In 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.</p><p>Alasdair travel to Manchester to visit...

  • Episode #25

    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

    Dec 8, 20251h 6mS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Welcome to this episode of Making Tracks Podcast with Alasdair Stewart and Sharon Gregory.</p><p>In many episodes you will have heard us welcoming opportunities for young railway...

  • Episode #24

    A tale of two railway museums: Utrecht and York, the East Lancashire Railway Gala, English narrow gauge in Kent and a Dutch preserved line.

    Nov 1, 20251h 6mS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In 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 lines, the...

  • Episode #23

    Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, Hastings Diesels, 'Railway Children' performed at Keighley & Worth Valley, and Young Railway Enthusiast wins footplate experience at Rudyard Lake.

    Sep 16, 202559 minS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In 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 to develop...

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