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Branch Lines Of Dorest by Colin Maggs w/ dust jacket
Branch Lines of Dorset By Colin G Maggs
Copyright 1996
Hard Cover with dust jacket
144 pages
Table of Contents
General Mapvi
Introductionvii
Yeovil to Dorchester1
Maiden Newton to Bridport and West Bay16
Upwey Junction to Abbotsbury27
Weymouth to Easton37
The Weymouth Quay Tramway55
Yeovil Junction to Yeovil Town69
The Lyme Regis Branch77
Wareham to Swanage84
Branches in the Poole Area: The Holton Heath Cordite Factory Branch; Hamworthy Junction to Hamworthy; Poole Quay and West Bay Sidings; George Jennings' Pottery Railway, Parkstone 107
Daggons Road to West Moors126
Ashley Heath Halt to Poole and Hamworthy Junction131
Summary
The branch lines of Dorset, shared almost equally between the GWR and the LSWR, varied from lightly built, rural railways carrying a low volume of traffic, to the Swanage branch which at times carried main line express locomotives. Fortunately, this line has been preserved and can still be enjoyed today.
Many Dorset branches served seaside resorts, while other lines were principally, or solely, for industrial or military use. The county had an unusual number of lines running to quays, two running through streets for a mile and mingling with other traffic. One such interesting branch was the Weymouth Harbour Tramway, which carried the Channel Islands Boat Express through the back streets of the town, as well as dealing with tomatoes, potatoes and other produce. Another branch serves an oilfield, and although a pipeline now carries away the oil, liquid petroleum gas is still removed by rail. The line to Easton was protected by a fence of signal wires so that if a landslip occurred, the wires would snap and throw the signals to danger.
All the Dorset branches are described in an entertaining and informative text that brings their history to life. Anecdotes of branch life and the people who ran them enrich the narrative throughout, including the story of the vanishing train driver ... and his later appearance in court. The main railway routes are given a brief account before each branch is looked at in detail. The book is illustrated with over 160 black and white photographs, maps and ephemera, which capture the history of the county's railways.
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