Making Tracks Railway Podcast
Engineer Alasdair Stewart and guests 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!
Podcasting since 2023 • 22 episodes
Making Tracks Railway Podcast
Latest Episodes
Railway 200; 'Greatest Gathering', Sharon's Railway Rideouts to the Glyn Valley Tramway and TV Newsreader Nicholas Owen's Railway Enthusiasm.
In 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 Alasdair Stewart meets some of those who made it happen, and ...
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A Children's Railway In Ukraine, A UK Loco In Transylvania, NEHRT, FEDECRAIL & UK Parliamentarians Lobby for Heritage Rail's Future plus Sharon Gregory visits a Garden Viaduct
Welcome 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 episode we’ll be hearing from a teacher at one of Ukrai...
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Childhood Memories from a Welsh Station House, Blackpool & Seaton Trams and Telford Steam Railway, plus Ffestiniog 70 years of Preservation
In 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 John Harrison—fondly known as 'Lord North'. His great uncle...
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Heritage Railways Improve Visitor Appeal in North Wales and Sharon Gregory's Holiday Rideouts
In 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' Osian Hughes. Helen Leslie explains how a museum is a fu...
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Hastings Railway History, Kent & East Sussex Line Celebrations & Llanberis Lake Railway
In 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 years since Bodiam station was reopened.The 'Railway...
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