Steam and Steel

Matt Bellis
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Welcome to steam and steel, a podcast all about heritage railways and the volunteers and workers who give up their free time to keep our heritage railways ticking over. I want to get their stories and what they get up to at their respective railways. If you want to be a guest please email me at steelandsteampodcast@gmail.com I hope you enjoy!

Episodes

  1. 05/07/2021

    Ep10 Interview with Joe Connell

    Hi everyone sorry for the long wait between episodes, had a few things in my personal life I couldn't get around. A huge thank you to Joe for his insight as a chef on the GCR. Sorry for my kid shouting "the floor is lava" haha. Please look out for my next episode and take care everyone.

    43 min

  2. 04/08/2021

    Ep9 Interview with Railway Mania (Corwin)

    Announcement sorry for the delay in my latest episode. From now on I'll be going to a fortnightly podcast as it's easier for me to record and interview with work etc. In todays episode I'm speaking to Corwin from Railway Mania podcast who is also a volunteer at Bristol he is a fascinating guy to speak to and I'm hoping to chat with him again soon. His podcast can be found at most podcast broadcasters. Hope you enjoy the episode :)

    1h 9m

  3. 03/15/2021

    Ep8 Interview with Signals to Danger!

    Hi everyone, I have the privilege in this episode to speak to one of the people that inspired me to start my own podcast and that is Dan Fox from the podcast Signals to Danger which is a podcast about rail accidents and incidents from the UK from the 1800s to present day, he goes into fantastic detail and is beautifully performed and presented and I really enjoyed speaking with him. His podcast is available on most platforms but here is a link to his via Google podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMjg2MjA3LnJzcw?ep=14 I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I've enjoyed interviews him. If you want to chat to me, or be a guest I'm on most social media platforms and you can ping me an email on steelandsteampodcast@gmail.com My guest next week is Corwin from Railway Mania podcast which I'm also looking forward to. Stay safe and take care.

    48 min

  4. 03/08/2021

    Ep7 Interview with Joey Wellsteed

    In this episode I'll be talking to Joey, a fireman as well as paid staff at Llangollen railway with a very impressive garden railway and his YouTube channel all about it. https://youtube.com/channel/UCR9i8xnOev5gpWbnlQXnfKw also his Facebook page Hill field light railway https://www.facebook.com/hillfieldlightrailway/ In my next episode I'll be speaking to Dan Fox from Signals to danger, one of the inspiration podcasts for me to start my own. Please check out my social media platforms on Facebook, twitter and Instagram and my YouTube channel (Tracked and Tested) if you want to be a guest on my podcast please ping me an email on steelandsteampodcast@gmail.com Stay safe everyone and ill catch you next week.

    1h 23m

  5. 03/01/2021

    Ep6 Interveiw with Tom Peacock

    In this episode we interview Tom Peacock, who has been a fireman for a long time at Llangollen and has some amusing stories to tell. Here is a link to his Instagram profile where he has loads of interesting and wonderful pictures and posts all railway related. https://instagram.com/tomdcpeacock?igshid=18y9r81pekkjd In my next episode I'll be interviewing Joey who is part of the Diesel group, paid staff and a fireman so we get a good insight there. Please like my social media pages, I'm on Facebook, twitter and Instagram. Just search for steam and steel podcast. If you want to be a guest on the show please email me on steelandsteampodcast@gmail.com

    1h 1m

  6. 02/22/2021

    Ep5 Interview with Jay Shaw

    My guest today is a boiler Smith who has worked on many famous engines. He is also a cleaner at Llangollen and is an avid garden railway enthusiast too. His YouTube channel is. https://youtube.com/user/jshawsteam87 his video with myself on his G gauge railway is https://youtu.be/DBJiGONN7IY if you are interested in being a guest please message me on my social media. Facebook at steam and steel podcast. Instagram at steamandsteelpodcast. Twitter @podcast_steam or email on steelandsteampodcast@gmail.com thank you to everyone that has listened so far and I really hope you are enjoying the podcasts

    1h 6m

  7. 02/14/2021

    Ep4 Interview with Peter Dickinson

    A massive thank you to our Rail historian Peter Dickinson, a fantastic insight to the history of the Llangollen railway and what he gets up to whist at work at the station. His book is called The Ruabon to Barmouth line and a link is; https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781552142/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_MVXZ51BDW7H9DZSZD2PS?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 My YouTube channel for anyone who is interested is; https://youtube.com/channel/UCB5uBUuZWOo5k7EML2ko6_A

    59 min

  8. 02/08/2021

    Ep3 Interview with Craig

    Hi everyone and welcome to episode 3. Hope you enjoy this episode. A massive thanks to Craig for being a guest and helping me out with this episode. (Sorry about the panicked are you there, my headphones cut out) I try to put everything raw so no one misses out on my guests. Take care everyone and hope you tune in next time.

    1h 3m

  9. 02/03/2021

    Ep2 Interview with Rich Smith

    (Sorry for the odd audio at times). My guest for this episode was Rich a fireman for Llangollen railway and who is also my mentor, I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as we had fun making it. Stay safe and thank you for tuning in!

    1 hr
  10. Ep1 Introduction to Steam and Steel

    02/01/2021

    Ep1 Introduction to Steam and Steel

    Hi everyone this is a quick introduction to the podcast about heritage railways and the volunteers and workers who, in their free time, work tirelessly to keep our heritage railways ticking over and keep these wonderful steam engines in a serviceable condition for people to enjoy.

    4 min
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About

Welcome to steam and steel, a podcast all about heritage railways and the volunteers and workers who give up their free time to keep our heritage railways ticking over. I want to get their stories and what they get up to at their respective railways. If you want to be a guest please email me at steelandsteampodcast@gmail.com I hope you enjoy!

Information

  • Creator
    Matt Bellis
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Matt Bellis
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