On the beautiful Isle of Wight, Paul follows in his tube driver dad's footsteps, drives a heritage steam loco and finds out how the island was prepped in secret to help with D-Day.
In Switzerland, Paul travels on the stunning Glacier Express, helps to stoke a 1920s loco and drives a funicular train up to the Reichenbach Falls, where Sherlock Holmes met his fictional demise.
On the French Riviera, Paul takes control of a steam engine on the stunning Pine Cone line, visits France’s ‘other’ D-Day landing site and rides in the cab of millionaire Paul Ricard’s private line.
From the Lakes to Whitby, Paul steams through the north of England on a narrow-gauge loco and a cruise on Windermere, and experiences Queen Victoria’s private carriage and a 50-tonne wartime loco.
In Wales, Paul rides an ultra-modern signal-free line, helps to service a slate-hauling steam train in the birthplace of Thomas the Tank Engine, and experiences the quirky beauty of Portmeirion.
In Germany, Paul rides an unusual electric coal-transporting train and a ‘car on rails’ made from a Trabant, dives underground into a silver mine and drives his biggest steam train yet!
