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
Tracking Down Your Railway Roots. A Special Episode Sharing Railway Family History Stories and Society of Genealogists' Research Tips
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 chat to others along the way.Al...
Stourbridge, the Shortest UK Branchline, The ‘Bewdley Express’ Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, Romanian Mocăniță Sibiu Agnita, Teenager's Campaign to reinstate Caernarfonshire Line & the Kent Paper Mill Locos Revisited
Welcome to another episode. In this episode Sharon takes a Railway Rideout to the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway in Scotland. Paddy Range has been on a record breaking commuter journey – the short...
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?
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 Australia with Michael Cunnin...
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...
