The Railway Hub Podcast
From HS2 to Tornado, Flying Scotsman to Crossrail, the Railway Hub brings you news, views, features and reviews from Britain’s leading publisher of railway magazines and information. Mainline news, stock movements, steam, diesel, electric, modelling, railwayman and 120+ years of rail history are all included in a site brought to you by the publisher of The Railway Magazine, Heritage Railway, Rail Express and The Railway Magazine Guide to Modelling.
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- Update frequency
- every 84 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 13
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2022
The Railway Magazine’s editors meet for the 125th anniversary of the first issue
This month marks 125 years since the first issue of The Railway Magazine was published in July 1897. In this special podcast episode, we reunite every living editor and the current deputy editor of T…
01:13:09 |
Fri 08 Jul 2022
Investigating Britain's Ghost Trains
Across the UK is a network of mysterious ghost trains and ghost stations. A ghost train, sometimes referred to as a parliamentary train, is a name given to a rail service that has been all but abando…
00:19:16 |
Tue 26 Oct 2021
The Mystery of the Nazi Gold Train
In this episode of The Railway Hub Podcast, we explore the possibility that there's a missing train full of gold hidden below a former Nazi command post at Ksiaz Castle. Sit back and delve into this …
00:15:25 |
Tue 24 Aug 2021
The Crash at Crush
In 1896, a publicity stunt to crash two locomotive engines into each other ended in disaster. Shannon and Ben delve into this incredible story in the latest episode of the Railway Hub Podcast.
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00:20:18 |
Wed 11 Aug 2021
Murder on the Rails - The Rhoda King Story
Ben and Shannon delve in the remarkable story of Mrs Rhoda King, who on the 17th January 1901, found herself the sole witness to a murder in her own rail carriage. She then found herself trapped with…
00:19:22 |
Fri 16 Jul 2021
The Railway Magazine - Incoming Editor Interviews Outgoing Editor
The incoming editor of The Railway Magazine, Paul Bickerdyke, meets with the outgoing editor, Chris Milner, to discuss the publication's history, changes throughout its run and how they feel about th…
00:09:25 |
Tue 15 Jun 2021
Azuma - Train of the future
In 2019, LNER launched the new Hitachi-built Class 800 Azuma express trains - due to replace their entire fleet by summer 2020. Railway Magazine Editor Chris Milner, visits the factory in County Durh…
00:12:57 |
Fri 04 Oct 2019
A taste of the Severn Valley on the footplate
Gareth Evans, deputy editor of Heritage Railway magazine recalls his half-day footplate experience course on the Severn Valley Railway, which involved firing and driving GWR No. 813 with a Mk1 BSK ca…
01:27:37 |
Tue 11 Jun 2019
Rocket, Rainhill and the Stephensons' Legacy
To mark the 190th anniversary of the staging of the Rainhill Trials in 1829, The Railway Magazine invites you to join editor Chris Milner and early railways historian Dr Michael Bailey as they explor…
00:30:40 |
Fri 05 Apr 2019
Southern Steam Revival
Editor Brian Sharpe and Steam newbie Ian Mills join Alex Lewczuk for another Railway Hub Podcast, featuring comment on photography, Darjeeling and Winston Churchill amongst many other delights.
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00:27:49 |
Fri 31 Oct 2014
The Great Goodbye
Welcome to episode three of The Railway Hub podcast. In this episode, Alex Lewczuk speaks to Geoff Thompson, Brian Sharpe and Robin Jones about the hype surrounding the Great Goodbye at Locomotion - …
00:30:54 |
Thu 20 Feb 2014
East Coast Giants
Welcome to episode two of The Railway Hub podcast. In this episode, Alex Anthony-Lewczuk speaks to Editor of Heritage Railway Robin Jones at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. Joining us to discuss the East Coa…
00:28:32 |
Thu 13 Feb 2014
Settle and Carlisle
Welcome to episode one of The Railway Hub podcast. In this episode, Deputy Editor of Heritage Railway Brian Sharpe along with Alex Anthony-Lewczuk and Geoff Thompson discuss the history of the Settle…
00:27:13 |
Wed 05 Feb 2014
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