Sep 5, 2023
Welcome to Up Front & Steaming the heritage steam railway podcast. We are now back from our summer break and I just wanted to tell you about some of the exciting episodes you can look forward to. Coming up, we are up front and steaming with the Flying Scotsman on its centenary tour. In another episode we learn more...
Apr 28, 2023
In this second episode of series two, we get out on the tracks and speak to Paul Lewin, Director & General Manager of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway, the longest heritage railway in the UK. He tells us the story of the line, the scale of the operation, how the 25-mile derelict Welsh Highland was rebuilt, the...
Feb 24, 2023
In this first episode of series two, we talk with Mel Holley, the editor of Trackside, The Journal of Railway Preservation, he is certainly a man in the know when it comes to heritage railways. Mel talks how heritage railways are more than just steam locomotives but is coal running out? He also outlines the growth and...
Feb 10, 2023
Up Front & Steaming is podcast channel all about heritage steam railways. In each episode you will hear the joy, passion, fun and nostalgia shared by the thousands of people that volunteer and work for the 200 heritage railways in the UK, plus the delight of millions who ride on heritage railways every year.
Series Two...
Jun 15, 2022
In this episode we talk to Ian Crowder a volunteer on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway which offers a leisurely round trip of 28 miles between Cheltenham Racecourse and Broadway through the beautiful Cotswold countryside.
Ian had a career in public relations and media is now, as you may guess, the press...