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List of horse-drawn railways

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.

Contents

1800

  • Swansea and Mumbles Railway (1804–1877) ; later electrified
  • 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 and 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 7 1⁄2 in) gauge
  • Port Arthur, Tasmania Tramway (1836– ) convict (human) powered
  • Festiniog Railway (1836–1863)
  • Patent (1838–1844) G. Peppercorne
  • Leith and Musselburgh Tramway(1841– )

    • 1850

  • Fintona Railway, Ireland (1853–1957) 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge.
  • Goolwa Port Elliot Railway (1854–); used up to 16 horses 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge
  • Newquay Railway (1855–) clay mining
  • Nelson, New Zealand (1861-____)
  • Dun Mountain Railway (1861–1901) 914 mm (3 ft)
  • Wallaroo (port) to Moonta (mines) – tramway (1862–1890+)
  • Port Macdonnell to Mount Gambier – proposal
  • 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)
  • Port Broughton (1876–1926) always isolated; 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) ; locomotives proposed in 1906
  • Namaqualand Railway 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge opened 1869-1876; steam followed gradually.
  • Kailan – Lutai Canal (1878–1881) ; mule-drawn for coal

    • 1880

  • 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 line 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge
  • Finton Tramway, Ireland 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) (????-1957)
  • Kingston (port) Naracoorte
  • Gawler
  • Moonta

    • References

    List of horse-drawn railways Wikipedia
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