# Richard Durrant

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Rockstars and Railways: Ashford Model Railway Education Centre, Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway, A Rail Tourist in Milan, Railway 200 Final Few Stops For The Successful 'Inspiration' Train

Send us Fan Mail This episode is very much one of Rockstars and their Model Railways as Alasdair Stewart attends the official launch of the Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre in Kent. The new centre is supported by Patron Jools Holland, well know for their modelling nearly as much…

'Bring Euro Trains Back To Kent' Campaign, Biking to Blaenavan and Borth, 34028 'Eddystone', A railway poet & The Youngest Model Railway Show Organiser & WHHR's First Class Museum!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode find out how a conversation with a Kent poet Nick Russell and his poem ' Connections'  led to taking a look at a well established campaign to bring Euro trains back to Kent after Eurostar ceased serving  Ashford International during Covid. Alasdair Stewart speaks to…

Trading Places - Harz Mountain Railway and Baie de Somme Railway UK Heritage Railway Exchanges

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we meet Railwaymen and Women from Germany and France, that work at two contrasting iconic European metre gauge railways, 'twinned' with UK heritage lines. 'Dampflok' is the common language in the regular Harzer Schmalspurbahnen  / Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Excha…

HST Rail Tour, Rideout to Crich Tramway Museum, My Dad Saved A Railway, Tom Bright- Rail Journalist, Progress at Rother Valley Railway and Photography at Fairbourne

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Alasdair Stewart travels on an iconic Intercity 125 Class 43 rail tour from Euston to the north Wales coast . He meets up with travel journalist Tom Bright, Tom  is the news and features editor of Steam Railway Magazine. We hear how the love of telling stories and s…

Talyllyn: Celebrating 75 Years As The World's First Preserved Railway, Leighton Buzzard Light Railway and Barton House Railway. Plus, Encouraging Young Volunteers At The North Norfolk Railway!

Send us Fan Mail This episode celebrates the contribution of young people in heritage railways ...both in the past and present day, as Alasdair Stewart and Producer Laura Raymond, sitting in for Sharon Gregory, visit three charming railways: Barton House in Norfolk, The Talyllyn Railway, as they ma…

Southwold Railway's First Public Steaming of 'Blyth', The 762 Club, Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Diesels! Mainline Pendolino Spotters' Trip around Manchester

Send us Fan Mail In this  episode Alasdair Stewart visits the Southwold Railway in Suffolk on the day the volunteers mark the  first public steaming of the replica engine 'Blyth'.  Alasdair finds out about the  Manning Wardle Project being run by The 762 Club from Martin Greenland. The group formed…

North Yorkshire Moors Railway's 'Piglet' Talks TV's 'Steam Train Diaries', Amerton Railway and London's Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway

Send us Fan Mail This week we had some excellent news..we've made the Longlist of the #BritishPodcastAwards 2026 in the factual category.. your time listening and suggestions for stories are really appreciated!  Welcome to this episode where young reporter George Woodward and dad Tony catch up with…

Richard Durrant: indie-classical composer and concert guitarist

Photo: Richard Durrant Richard Durrant is an indie-classical composer and concert guitarist who plays guitar with great enthusiasm and skill. The word ‘passion’ is much overused these days but, as our episode today shows, it’s an apt description for Richard’s relationsh…

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 i…

Tracking Down Your Railway Roots. A Special Episode Sharing Railway Family History Stories and Society of Genealogists Research Tips

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a special episode of Making Tracks Railway Podcast as  Alasdair Stewart and producer Laura Raymond go on a mission to trace family railway history. They share their own family's stories and chat to others along the way. Alasdair meets Ruth Willmore of the Society of Gene…