* Joanne firing engine 7754 earlier this year by Point & Shoot Photos.
Llangollen Railway says it is "super proud" of its volunteer Joanne Ormesher, who is one of five people to have a folk song composed about how railways have influenced their lives for BBC Radio 2's upcoming 21st Century Folk 2025.
The stories are being told to coincide with Railway 200, celebrating 200 years of train travel in the UK.
Joanne is a fireman the the line's steam trains, a cancer survivor and advocate for diversity and inclusion in heritage railways.
Her inspirational story has been turned into a folk song by the amazing Scottish singer-songwriter Findlay Napier.
There will also be a chance to hear the songs, contributors and songwriters in 21st Century Folk 2025 on BBC Sounds and watch them by going to bbc.co.uk/folk from Monday 28th July to Sunday 3rd August - a week of folk music across Radio 2’s Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe (Weds, 9-10pm), and The Jeremy Vine Show (weekdays, noon-2pm).
Jeremy Vine will also broadcast live from "The Greatest Gathering", a festival to celebrate the past, present and future of rail travel taking place at Alstom Derby Locomotive Works between 1st and 3rd of August.
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