Great Rail Tales

About Great Rail Tales

2025 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. The opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway connected places, people, communities and ideas and, ultimately, transformed the world. Part of the Railway 200 celebrations, Great Rail Tales tells the story of our railway by the people who live, work and travel the tracks. So, join us and help celebrate the past, the present and the future of our national railway. Discover more about Railway 200 online: https://railway200.co.uk/

Publisher

Railway 200

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Mar 2025

Latest episode

8 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

102 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Jan 2026

   Rajinder Pryor – Women in Rail and Travels in India with Railway 200 Teddy

   Rajinder Pryor discusses her 20-year career in the rail industry, highlighting her involvement with the Women in Rail mentoring program and a personal journey to India with a symbolic Railway 200 teddy, in this interview.

2. 

   7 Jan 2026

   Jack Rhodes – an apprentice shaping the next chapter in rail’s revolutionary story

   Jack Rhodes was shortlisted for Railway Apprentice of the Year at the end of his 3 year apprenticeship with Alstom, where he is now just starting his engineering career in the rail industry. Following that, Jack was chosen to help seal the official Railway 200 time capsule into the Roundhouse at Derby. The time capsule is packed with anniversary artefacts. It marks this year’s bicentenary and heralds a simpler, better and greener railway, driven by the next generation of pioneering talent.  The capsule will remain unopened for 50 years until the railway’s 250th anniversary in 2075.

3. 

   6 Jan 2026

   Joe Smith – Time for analogue in a digital world

   Professor Joe Smith discusses the history of his family's clock-making business, Smith of Derby, and explains why analogue clocks remain relevant in a digital age in this interview.

Who has been a guest on Great Rail Tales

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Rajinder Pryor
• Joe Smith
• Linda Brinklow
• Riku Fryderyk
• Richard Woods

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

104,983

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

34

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

0