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!
Making Tracks Railway Podcast
Pioneering Electric Railways: A Look at Liverpool's Overhead Railway & Brighton's Volk's Electric Railway
Two 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 remains left around the city.
I go to Brighton beach to visit Volk's the oldest operating Electric railway in the world and we head to the National Museum of Liverpool to speak to the curator of Land, Transport Works and Industry, Sharon Brown to find out about the former Liverpool Overhead Electric Railway. The line was demolished in 1957 but fondly remembered in the city as the Dockers Umbrella for being exactly that.
And Sharon Gregory is back with her Railway Rideouts to Bala and Keighley and Worth Valley Railways and a chat about workplace volunteering with Carl Burns
Links below to everything we mention in this episode.
Volks Electric Railway Brighton, Sussex - operating daily from 5th April 2025 for the summer season.
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
Bala Lake Railway Trust appeal to build the extension
National Museums Liverpool Overhead Railway Gallery - the museum is within easy walking distance of St James Street Station.
Liverpool Overhead Railway Facebook Page - created and researched by the late Steven Paul Wheeler.
Steven Wheeler's CGI recreation of the Liverpool Overhead Railway can be seen on this link. Shared here with kind permission of his sister Danielle in tribute to a man with a passion for the history of Liverpool's Overhead Railway.
#Liverpool #Brighton #Magnus Volk #Bala #Keighley
This podcast is produced by Laura Raymond and presented by Alasdair Stewart
Our 'Making Tracks' music is with kind permission of composer and musician Richard Durrant. It is a unique piece inspired by the rhythm of the historic rolling stock on the Ffestiniog Railway on the scenic journey from Harbour Station to Tan y Blwch.
You can listen and download the full 'Tan y Bwlch' Ukulele Quartet here:
Thank you to voice artist David King - for the Railway Ride outs voice over.
Ukulele Quartet No. 1 "Tan y Bwlch"
Ukulele Quartet No. 1 "Tan y Bwlch" Richard Durrant · Single · 2019 · 3 songs.
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