Making Tracks Railway Podcast
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
Making Tracks Railway Podcast
Latest Episodes
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
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 Alasdair Stewart go along to find ou...
Netherlands' VSM and Museum Buurtspoorweg, Bristol Harbour Railway and the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Gala
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 operated steam trains run beneath electric wir...
North Yorkshire Moors Railway's 'Piglet' Talks TV's 'Steam Train Diaries', Amerton Railway and London's Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway
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 to this episode where young re...
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
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 Secretary Robert Read. Regular list...
Southwold Railway's First Public Steaming of 'Blyth', The 762 Club, Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Diesels! Mainline Pendolino Spotters' Trip around Manchester
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 Manning Wardle Project being r...
