17-04-2021

Horse Drawn Transportoutlander Lists  & Timelines



Namaqualand Railway mule train, c. 1876.

This is a worldwide list of horse-drawn railways, an early form of rail transport that utilized horses and other similar animals to pull rail cars.

Examples[edit]

Before 1800[edit]

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Horses were used to pull railways in funiculars and coal mines as early as early 16th century. Earliest such example is Reisszug, a railway dating to 1515. Almost all of the mines built in 16th and 17th century used horse-drawn railways as their only mode of transport.

1800[edit]

 
  • Swansea & Mumbles Railway (1804–1877) ; later electrified[1][2]
  • Leiper Railroad (1810–1828)
  • Brinore Tramroad (1814–1861)
  • Blaafarveværket (c. 1820s), Norway
  • Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (1823–1888, 1860) 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) gauge
  • Stockton & Darlington Railway operated with both horses and engines for a while. (1825–1833)
  • Granite Railroad (1826–1871) 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  • France (1827– ) Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux Railway
  • Czech rail records (1828–) 1,106 mm (3 ft 71⁄2 in) gauge
  • Port Arthur, Tasmania Tramway (1836– ) convict (human) powered
  • Festiniog Railway (1836–1863)[3]
  • Patent (1838–1844) G. Peppercorne[4]
  • Bratislava to Svätý Jur to TrnavaVáh horse railway (1840 - 10 October 1872) 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) gauge [5][6]
  • Bazias to Anina over Oravita in present-day Romania (1846-1863), used for coal transport to a port on the river Danube.
  • Leith and Musselburgh Tramway(1841– )[7]

1850[edit]

  • Fintona Railway, Ireland (1853–1957) 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge.[8]
  • Goolwa Port Elliot Railway (1854–); used up to 16 horses[9]1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge
  • Newquay Railway (1855–) clay mining
  • Nelson, New Zealand (1861-____)[10]
  • Dun Mountain Railway (1861–1901) 914 mm (3 ft)
  • Wallaroo (port) to Moonta (mines) – tramway (1862–1890+)[11][12]
  • Port Macdonnell to Mount Gambier – proposal[13]
  • Omaha Horse Railway (1867– )
  • Port Wakefield Railway (1870–1876) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge. Converted to locomotive haulage.
  • Narracoorte to Lacepede Bay (1871) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
  • Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia, Chile (1873–1876) – mule-drawn – 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
  • Douglas, Isle of Man (1876–present) shires and clydesdales are used to pull a fleet of original tramcars along the seafront.
  • Port Broughton (1876–1926) always isolated; 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) ; locomotives proposed in 1906[14]
  • Namaqualand Railway762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge opened 1869-1876; steam followed gradually.
  • Kailan – Lutai Canal (1878–1881) ; mule-drawn for coal[15]

Expectedly, there were horse drawn vehicles for many purposes. In some cases, these wagons were also equipped for motorised towing. So, a clear differentiation between trailers and horse drawn wagons is not possible. Many Pionierfahrzeuge – engineer vehicles – were primarily constructed for motorised towing but their designations followed.

1880[edit]

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  • Horse Tramways in Fiji (1884–) 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge and 610 mm (2 ft) gauge. Some assisted by manpower. Cane tramways.
  • McKenzie Creek Tramway, Horsham, Victoria – Shire-operated, 8 km long – (1887–1925)
  • Nasik Tramway (1889–193x)
  • Bärschwil gypsum railway (1894–1952)
  • 1905–1941 Welshpool Jetty line762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge
  • Finton Tramway, Ireland 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) (????-1957)[16]
  • Kingston (port) Naracoorte[17]
  • Gawler[18]
  • Moonta[19]

Shunting[edit]

Horses were widely used for shunting.

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  • Burra[20]
  • Dry Creek, ICI works [21]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^'Horse-Drawn Train'. The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 12 December 1908. p. 3 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. ^'The Oldest Railway'. The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882–1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 24 January 1928. p. 10. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  3. ^'The Festiniog Railway'. The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 27 May 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  4. ^'Correspondence'. Illustrated Sydney News. NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 March 1854. p. 3. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  5. ^'There is still interest in the building of the first horse railway'. Zeleznicne.info. Zeleznice.info. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  6. ^'The history of public transport in Bratislava before 1895'. imhd.sk. imhd.sk. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  7. ^'To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald'. The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 17 November 1856. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  8. ^Ireland lost lines, Ian Allan, 2006, p71
  9. ^'Adelaide Philosophical Society'. South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 17 August 1867. p. 3. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  10. ^'Cheap Railways'. Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. NSW: National Library of Australia. 28 November 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  11. ^'House of Assembly'. South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 31 July 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  12. ^'Meeting at Moonta'. Kadina and Wallaroo Times. SA: National Library of Australia. 12 July 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  13. ^'Horse-Drawn Railway Was Once Proposed For Port MacDonnell'. The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, SA: National Library of Australia. 23 June 1953. p. 13. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  14. ^'THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT'. The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 25 July 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  15. ^'China's Moral Debt to Great Britain'. The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 10 December 1918. p. 5. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  16. ^Steaming through Briton p28
  17. ^'S.A. Benefits From Gauge Change '. The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 May 1954. p. 13. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  18. ^'Railway Management'. The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 November 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  19. ^'Railway Management'. The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 November 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  20. ^The Recorder in 1953
  21. ^The Recorder in 1974

External links[edit]

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