Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, Hastings Diesels, 'Railway Children' performed at Keighley & Worth Valley, and Young Railway Enthusiast wins footplate experience at Rudyard Lake.
About this episode
This episode features a visit to the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway and highlights a young competition winner's experience on a steam locomotive.
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Making Tracks with Alasdair Stewart, Sharon Gregory and Laura Raymond, we’ll be visiting Welshpool and Llanfair Railway a rural, narrow gauge light railway, built to develop the economy of a marginal hinterland in Welsh border country, hear from competition winner George Woodward, who at 14 years old, got to try his hand on the regulator of a steam locomotive for the first time. George won a driver experience in a Facebook competition run by the Rudya...
People in this episode
Hosts: Alasdair Stewart, Sharon Gregory, Laura Raymond
Guest: George Woodward
Topics covered
- light railway
- steam locomotive
- railway history
- youth competition
- theatre performance
Keywords
- Welshpool and Llanfair Railway
- steam locomotive
- George Woodward
- driver experience
- Railway Children
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Welshpool and Llanfair Railway, Rudyard Lake
Books & works: Railway Children
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