Weymouth Quay Railtour Window View 73106/138 and 37250 20 yrs ago! 

Takes me quite a while to edit these old vhs tapes, also I often recorded too much when I had the old 3 hr tapes Thanks for watching my shakin' videos.....................Mike into the garden now; grass needs cutting.

In 1987 (I think) a railway magazine ran an April's fool story about the Weymouth Quay being gauged for third rail stock. Except we did gauge the branch to assess shoe-clearance for hauled 442 units. Sadly, much of the highway surface would have fouled the shoegear and the costs to either resurface the road else fit retractable shoegear to some 442 units was prohibitive.

Bloomin' wonderfull mate. Went last year to view the area at the end of the line.

Brilliant video Mike of this train to Weymouth Quay. It bought back memories of my youth as use to go they every year with my parents and see the then steam trains and freight go through the streets to the harbour. This is back in the 60s & 70s .That was the good old days. C&A

Great video Mike...Iv'e seem this only once at Weymouth before....quite amusing watching People 'bumping' Cars out of the way !! Very enjoyable watch...Steve.~

A NOSTALGIC JOURNEY CELEBRATING A GOLDEN AGE. BRANCH LINE BRITAIN. Paul Atterbury.

A great pity the line to the harbour is no more.

Great video Mike--The ship seen at Weymouth Harbor was the old Brittany Ferries ship "Cornouailles" which used to travel between Plymouth and Roscoff 1977--1984. she was later transferred to the British Channel Islands ferries for the summer only Weymouth--Channel Islands service, renamed "Havelet" 1989--1997 when she was laid up at Weymouth, she was then sold to Montenegro Lines for the Bar--Bari (Italy) services, being renamed "Sveti Stefan", in 2013 she was taken to Turkey where she was scrapped. This ship was always an unstable vessel due to it's size and often than not used as a back-up ship, I have traveled on board once in 1982 from Plymouth to Roscoff and that was quite a wobbly ride, the bathrooms on board being filled well with seasickness testament to her 9 hour crossing!! Luckily we crossed back a week later on the better MV Quiberon to Plymouth. I hope this is useful information regarding the ship we see on your video. :-)

I was on that train, great day, PS it was 2x 73 and 1x 37, not the other way round :-)

37250 is now preserved at the Wensleydale railway

Walked along these lines last year when we were in Dorset on Holiday Mike, more great footage from the Wilcock archives....Bob

Nice one Mike brilliant

I was also on this special. I recall that I was on the first of two trains that day. Those on the later train may well have the rueful satisfaction of knowing that they were on the last ever train to Weymouth Quay. I don't think the branch has been used since & its future must be very uncertain. Even at the time this video was shot, the Weymouth Quay Tramway was the last surviving example of a rail "Tramway", with a whole swathe of railway legislation applying to just this type of line. I also remember that when we departed Weymouth Quay around lunchtime, the town bridge was raised to allow a ship to pass. I suspect that the coincidence of a train passing just as the bridge was raised was a very rare event even when the line was in regular use. I think I may have some photos taken on the day some where. Will see if I can dig them out and post them on a website.

I also have a Hardback Book called The Railway Policeman. The Story of the Constable on the Track.

What a real shame the trains stopped running to the quay

We have trams in some of the major cities but it seems a shame that we don't have proper railways operating through public streets anymore. Must have been a fantastic sight back in the day.

The question is; did anyone think of taking photos, or like myself with a 24 exposure film I restricted myself to family shots.

Is there any Info on why there isn't any trains using that line apart from its through the street

you could have filmed from the other side of the train so that the viewers could have seen the 2 ships that was in port I think they were both ferries but one was deffo a ferry which was the last one that I saw when train got towards the end of the line

Sadly Dorset County Council have decided to rip up the rails on the road now because they've deemed that the rails have deteriorated to a point where they would be unusable for trains, and also to improve safety on the roads there as apparently they're a tripping hazard for cyclists....

Enjoyed the video a lot just a shame the picture isn't a little clearer

sham looks like they are going to lift the track at a cost of 1 million

No way place this. Because of this place train like tramway is too big!!! Why not try plans new metro-tramlink in instead like Croydon tramlink, you know?! Oh dear, look too many things tightly fit in there place the way could through it a problem! 😓