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I remember taking this one not realising it would soon be gone. It was well used. Surely they could have kept it open giving Argyle line passengers a route to Queen Street. But now it's built over. I'd forgotten how many platforms there were at Bridgeton, almost a mini-depot.

Thank you ..brought many memories back...but the track didnt stop at kelvin (bridge street) Hall...it went on under the tunnel at yorkhill and over the kelvin at Bunhouse road..I know because this was my wild play grun , from bridge street to the cabbage haugh between spillers mill and the park .It could only be accessed by climbing over the dykes from thurso street or 3 closes between the roost pub and demarcos cafe on dumbarton road .

A highly evocative piece of filming, the railway was very busy that day too, really nice to see. There is an engine at 5:30 partially covered by tarpaulin, I don't remember seeing that when we went many years later.

Ah memories! An the MacPhesons who kept the Ferry Inn in the sixties

Got this most mornings of life between 81-85 add I served my apprenticeship in paisley ..

Great video. When I was 12/13, I used to take Renfrew Ferry to go back and forth to Paisley Ice Rink. This video confirms so much of my memory. Thanks for posting this.

While visiting friends I have cycled the Dumbarton - Bowling portion. Amazing to see the changes. A lively disscusion will be coming up soon when I show this video🎉 🇨🇦👍

Brilliant

So interesting to see where I live now, back then. Seems to be so much busier because of all the industry.

Commentary would improve this video tenfold.......

I have very fond memories of seeing Tonight at Noon regularly on Friday nights at the Lorne Hotel in Glasgow. Peter and Gavin Livingstone are formidable talents with a lot of soul.

Clarkston people preferred the trams which during the day ran on a three-and-a-half-minute headway, whereas the replacement 105 trolleybuses ran on a twelve-minute headway, and GCT had a nasty habit of turning short at Muirend any Clarkston bound trolleybuses which were running late. Many people deserted to the Western SMT buses which ran to a reliable timetable. There seemed to be little hands-on management at Hampden Garage and the three-axle trolleybuses of the 1950's were usually in a very grubby condition.

Rename George square in Glasgow -“John McLean square “ ✊🚩❤️

Excellent record of recent history

My Dad would call this the HMS Backenfurrit

4:53 is that kirklee?

We used to play solgees (soldiers lol) down the dummy railway in the 80s between Chirnside school and Crowhill street. My wee nana used to live on Crowhill st overlooking Eastfield depot 😃

So long ago, x

worse thing getting rid off the TRAMS , Closed September 1962

Superb film but what a waste of a railway.They got rid of way too many lines.

Brilliant !👌👌👌

been in every one of thes tunnels when i was a kid encluding kirklee to the tunnels in posil and the old boting pond at the pond hotel great western road there is a very small tunnel that went from the other side of the great viaduct in the valley maryhill to dawsholm gas works the little train that took the pepper rolls up to the old tar works it was blown up by the army back in 1971 there was olso a tunnal up at milingavy nere the burnbrea hotel and a old station that was nixt to the worlds first mono rial a big circle of congreat with the trian still on it it was like a rocket ship at the front we used to play on it when we wear kids even the old clyde tunnal at anderson went under the clyde. and the turn tabble lader sheds at kelvindale road trian works. even been thrue the scotland st tunnel in edinburgh.

this is brilliant, priceless images, enjoyed 'going' the other way too. tried to follow this route many times, but it's harder to do now!

BRILIANT Band, wish they made more then just two albums. 🤟💖

Your work is of National historic importance! You must contact the NLS and have this priceless work archived.

I have a model railway which I loosely call Partickhill because I lived on Vine St. I just finished a scale model of a tenement similar to the one we lived in. I would like to build a model of The Partick Central building but I don’t have any dimensional info. Can you tell me what size the stones were used for the retaining walls up toward Crow Road Station ? I am guessing 3’-0 X 1’-0 I didn’t realize that line went under Hyndland Station. I have memories of being up at Dawsholm Park exploring and I think there were trains there at the time, that would have been the late 60’s early 60’s You have done a great job to preserve this history. I know the effort you have put into this . Thank you Charlie youtube.com/@charlie1872

That takes me back to the days my Mum took me for a cruise on the Clyde to see my Aunt in Yorker ! . Back in the 6-s there always seemed to be something on the river . I think they had to drop the chains to let it past !

Good stuff. An expensive undertaking in 1981...

6:18 rolling a joint.

I do remember some of this route around Celtic Park. But every part of it is now gone

Is this route still accessible? The reason I am asking is it says 1981. They have a habit of building on old tracks

Class 25

Wish they’d kept this

What was that abandoned station called

When I worked with BR as a fireman in 1974 there were a lot of old steam locomotive drivers still working including my uncle who was a main line driver my grandfather was also a mainline driver out of dawsholm sheds long gone now my uncle moved up to eastfield traction depot that’s when I started in the railway a lot of the old tunnels we’re still in use then all the old drivers knew them and I travelled through them if mainline were closed for some reason

My top ten favourite folks songs;. The Tonight at Noon version of course.

Great to hear the sounds of the wee Renfrew Ferry again...used it often in the 60's & 70's. Vividly remember the smells too from the engine room, grease and hot oil... 😁

Thanks I enjoyed that, had to laugh at the pidgeon loft someone had built on Scotstoun East station! Shame the granary building was demolished. The line was built partly to tap into the lucrative market of taking shipyard workers into Clydebank.

Great pictures , always wondered what the view were like , your pictures Bring the imagination to life 👍🏻

Thanks for sharing your fantastic photos. Quite ironic I was just speaking to my grandpa a few days ago about this very line after I took some photos of my cycle to Balloch. I live at Caledonia street Dalmuir right on top of where the railway would had been. Despite all the changes over sections of the former line it is quite remarkable that only a small section has actually been built over. Auld street which runs along the side of the site of Dalmuir Riverside station, I'm sure you can see part of the old footbridge. It's been a while since I've walked along the section between Agamemnon st and the railway bridge over Dumbarton road Clydebank but there was still some small sections of track left. Really interesting seeing your photos before sections were turned into the cycle path etc.

I harassed their record company for months and they eventually released a digital copy of the Down to the Devils in the early 2000's. Cracking band!

Collected building wood items from East End Sawmills in summer 1984 when I worked for my late dad and that's the first time Ive seen the shop since. He would laugh/be amazed like me if he could see this film now. 😀

Assuming it's still there , (I haven't lived in Glasgow since 1996 ) Maryhill shopping centre (co op as was) still has the line under the centre, it was built with possible reopening in mind . Enough room to rebuild the station in the basement . Was mates with the caretaker in the late 80's who told me about it but sadly never got the chance to see it for myself . Cheers on a great series . And hello from N.Ireland

Time : the Destroyer of All Things.

The older ferry had much taller funnels and was steam powered as far as I remember.

Brilliant, never knew there was an intermediate station. Thanks

excellent video 👍so sad to see how many stations have closed just in Glasgow alone shame that stobcross station has reopened as a exhibition centre and not the rest I hate to see derelict stations that could be reopened I am discussed that the railway system was aloud to end up like this they should spend money on reopening these lines again it looks a right mess now as it is and a place for fly tippers 😡

I would question the date you have quoted, as I would say late 1983/early 1984 as there are a few suggestions that point to those dates. firstly, the DMU Buffet car is still in service but the Mk1 Buffet is in place at Oxenhope and secondly, a closer look at the arrival back into Keighley shows the former Midland Goods Shed in the middle of being demolished prior to the Goods Yard being cleared ready for the building of the Sainsburys supermarket which opened in 1984, and finally, that looks like me on the platform at Oakworth assisting one of our regular passengers off the train and I wasn't issued with my full uniform in 1981

outrageous waste of infrastructure

It really nice to see kwvr back before I was born it not change that much part from a few buildings now have saddly gone