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EPISODE · Nov 30, 2025 · 4 MIN

Iain Quinn - a nostalgic look back at the connections between the railways and the Waverley paddle steamer

from Great Rail Tales · host Railway 200

Iain Quinn, quartermaster on The Waverley, the last sea-going paddle steamer in Great Britain, takes a nostalgic look at the connection between rail and sail.  His earliest memory of travelling on the Waverley goes back to childhood when he used to travel by train then take the paddle steamer via Craigendoran to get home to Dunoon, West of Glasgow. 

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