Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys were followed by Great Continental Railway Journeys and now the former MP has crossed the Atlantic to tackle the world's largest rail network. Great American Railroad Journeys is on BBC Two tonight at 6:30pm | BBC Breakfast

5.7K views · 79 reactions | BBC's 'Great Coastal Railway Journeys' visits Middlesbrough Heritage Unlocked's Tosh Warwick met with Michael Portillo at the top of the Tees Transporter Bridge to discuss #Middlesbrough's history, #deindustrialization and importance of #Teesside's #industrialheritage. Full episode on BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001mg0c/great-coastal-railway-journeys-series-2-6-middlesbrough-to-boulby | Heritage Unlocked | Facebook

Here's a behind the scenes video from our book signing event with Michael Portillo a few weeks ago. He loved chatting with Great Rail Journey's customers about their travels and didn't dissapoint with his snappy outfit! | Great Rail Journeys