Faraday to Ferranti (b) continues Trevor's talk about the career of Ferranti. It starts with the Grosvenor Gallery project. Ferranti redesigned the system and made it very successful. - Faraday to Ferranti (b) starts with his work at the London Electr...

Welcome to part 3 of the Driving and Firing Experience offered by  the Watercress Line. The afternoon was my opportunity to drive a steam engine  - something that I'd wanted to do since I was a child! - Three of us were trainees that afternoon,

In  episode thirteen I travel on the California Zephyr from north of Denver, Colorado,  then along our diversion across Wyoming to Rawlins, an oil town in Carbon County. - The diversion is to allow engineering work on the California Zephyr's normal ro...

Welcome to Your Best Practice Programme. The second episode in the series 'Your Big Project'. Hopefully this series of podcasts will improve the chances of success for your project. In this series we always consider the good,

Welcome to part 2 of the Driving and Firing Experience offered by  the Watercress Line. My opportunity to do something that I'd wanted to do since I was a child! - Drive a steam engine!! - There were three trainees that afternoon,

In  episode twelve I travel on the California Zephyr from Mount Pleasant, Iowa, through Denver and then northwards to our diversion through Wyoming.  The diversion is because there is engineering work on the normal route between Denver and Salt Lake Ci...

In Kitchener, Alan Bridgeman focuses on the campaign to avenge the death of General Gordon. His main source is the book With Kitchener to Khartoum, written by the Daily Mail journalist G W Steevens who covered the campaign.

Welcome to Your Big Project. This series of podcasts is about improving your chances of success. In this series we will consider the good, the bad and the extremely ugly! - In episode 1 we look at the A to Z of things to ask yourself before you start ...

Welcome to this podcast about the Driving and Firing Experience offered by  the Watercress Line. This was my opportunity to do something that I'd wanted to do since I was a child! - Drive a steam engine!! - There were three trainees that afternoon,

In the eleventh episode I travel from Chicago to Burlington on the California Zephyr. The episode starts at the historic Drake Hotel in Chicago where I stayed for a night. After a restful night I took a taxi to Union Station for the start of my journey...