When did the 58s dissappear off the french network?

Interesting vid, was more interesting and busy back then !

Looks like the 58s are invading the tgv line

Excellent .. watched it a few times. As an ex Toton driver it brought back some very happy memories.

Great watching. We used to drive up from North London to spend the day going round the East Midlands/South Yorkshire depots and SP’s in the late 80’s. Leicester, Coalville, Toton, Shirebrook, Tinsley. Usually had no bother just walking around.

Usually a pair of choppers around there somewhere

Excellent stuff Nick!

I love the crushed stone train. The locomotive is cool. I have subscribed to your channel. 😄👍

Hey I thought you went on a cycling holiday???😂

1:05 you got the horn

Some great traction on show including the brand new class 60. Was this really 33years ago? Time flies.

According to Wikipedia, 33109 is preserved and still running.

A long time ago a friend of mine and myself went from Weymouth to The Channel Islands is was very wet and the train couldn’t do journey to the quayside. So they laid on taxis from the station. l have never seen taxis go so fast.

I went to weymouth one time in search of whats remaining of the railway and so suprising to see rails on road for these kind of trains.

Exactly why the UK is Sht these days.. taking from the past

Have a watch of 'Jawtooth' to see regular street running still happening in the US of A....

Saw the trains in the street on holiday there in 1979 as a 13 Yr old

As nice as it would be to have that tram way still exist I get why it got taken up because look how much traffic the train was holding up. It wasn’t a problem back in the age of steam because cars were not as prevalent as they are now.

marvellous. :) my dad took me on this line at least once, but i think it was earlier than this - i've a vague recollection of a Rail Blue liveried 33 running round at Weymouth Quay. also, great photobomb (filmbomb?) by a Bristol RE around 15:46 as the train passes the series of pubs. :)

On Google maps the track is still there

How many people were knocked over by speeding trainspotters that day?

How wonderful it would be to see this return, but sadly deeply impractical. Can you imagine the public and their precious vehicles just for starters...? I've seen other film in the 80s of BR staff bouncing a badly parked car out of the way (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rme7domsi7d1lZY) - imagine (attempting) that now. The world is so entitled, I can just imagine some Porsche 4WD driver would probably face down a Class 33 🤣 H&S would require a 12ft wall around the track anyway so it wouldn't be much of a sight. No-one allows for human common sense - you know - huge train, you move out of the way. The driver and 2nd must've really heaved a sigh of relief once they got to the platform. That final view from across the Quay must've been some sight when it was steam (was it ever?) Love the sound of the 33. Also, you forget just how popular the Sierra was!!! 0:25 - 2:20

Chasing 56019 was a must across the decade. She went everywhere and wore red stripe to the end.

When I was a kid I used to visit my gran in Whitefield, North Manchester. I'd get the old 1990's metrolink tram into the city and my grandad told me for the first time that this train goes through the streets. To my amazement it did. With cars and people inches from the track. It was very surreal. Now having seen this going on in Weymouth I'd go crackers as a kid. Gutted it's gone. All the tourists getting pictures and the locals causally driving around a freaking mainline train crawling through the streets!

i can kinda see why they did remove the line from the video, as there was lots of traffic, but why couldnt they have made the line into a Tramway and extended it towards the suburbs a little bit?

Shame on you.

Very interesting to see a train literally rolling down the high st. Rather remarkable actually 👌

Fascinating to see actual footage of the train creeping down the street and the impact it had on the traffic. Probably worth having the link in its heyday but it was scrapped because it was no longer used and the track on a public highway was knackered. If you want to connect a railway station to a port you run a bus service like they do in Southampton to the departure point for the Cowes ferry though I appreciate it isn’t so romantic. I couldn’t see NR spending the money on maintenance for something had become a folly. It’s quicker to walk.

Was the tracks originally for trams or trains?

Definitely a short sightness of both Weymouth and Dorset councils get rid of this line it indeed could have been an asset to boost tourism

I'd have visited Weymouth just to see that. No reason to go there now. Madness getting rid of something so fascinating and such an attraction. Love the VW Beetle at the beginning, sees the huge train, turns around and scuttles away.

always rains in Weymouth. don't think I have ever been there or the surrounding area and not got bleedin' soaked :o(

Historical. That's the word. What a shame it can never be put back....

I used that service in 1977 but Im not sure which stopped first the Ferry to Jersey or the train to the quayside. A bit like Dover when they abandoned the boat trains too

Why were the trains running this route? All the men chasing it with cameras and the police car, this must have been an event but..Why?

I remember these from the mid 70's. Used to watch the ferries from Nothe Fort. How come the rolling stock is all blue? Is it heritage?

Thanks for sharing this video. This is the only one I've seen what covered most of the route from multiple vantage points

Indians should have rode on the roofs.

We live in a nanny state in 2022. No way this would be allowed by those who want to wrap us in cotton wool and tell us what to think, say and do.

So short sighted by the council to condem this historical asset, correctly managed it could have been a attraction to not only rail enthusiasts, but a boost to tourism in general.

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That's a brilliant collection of BR Blue beasts

The scenery at 26:00 in the rock canyon is out of this world! Great video all round.

Nice shots

Back when coal was king. A golden age but few of us realised. Thank you for being one of the few to record it. Fossil fuels, fossil HAAs and fossil traction.

34:27 vaporized man!.

Brilliant to have such a variety of Motive Power, Locomotive Liveries and Rolling Stock