Making Tracks

About Making Tracks

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

Publisher

Alasdair Stewart

Category

history · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Jul 2023

Latest episode

29 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

44 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Aug 2026

   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?

   Send us Fan Mail 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 Cunningham and Sean Maxwell They meet up with Operations and Assets Manager Andrew Fairweather Alasdair talks to author and photographer William Cope about his new book – title Branch: Lost Railway Lines of New South Wales and Victoria" Back ...

2. 

   16 Aug 2026

   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

   Send us Fan Mail 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 out more. Sharon Gregory heads on a railway rideout by train this time to the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway in Yorkshire. Producer Laura Raymond calls in to have a chat at Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway, a standard gauge rural l...

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   3 Aug 2026

   Netherlands' VSM and Museum Buurtspoorweg, Bristol Harbour Railway and the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Gala

   Send us Fan Mail 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 wires at Apeldoorn. Its also home to an impressive collection of locos and rolling stock and a 'get your hands dirty approach to teaching young people about coal fired steam. A little further East, he also calls in at the Museum Buurtspoor...

Who has been a guest on Making Tracks

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

• Lynette Tucker
• Alasdair Stewart
• Alan Hyde
• Eleri Mottram
• Neil Dale

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

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Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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