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  2. Horse-drawn vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Horses were domesticated circa 3500 BCE. Before that oxen were used. Historically, a wide variety of arrangements of horses and vehicles have been used, from chariot racing, which involved a small vehicle and four horses abreast, to horsecars or trollies, [note 1] which used two horses to pull a car that was used in cities before electric trams were developed.

  3. Stock car (rail) - Wikipedia

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    A traditional stock car resembles a boxcar with louvered instead of solid car sides (and sometimes ends) for the purpose of providing ventilation; stock cars can be single-level for large animals such as cattle or horses, or they can have two or three levels for smaller animals such as goats, sheep, pigs, and poultry.

  4. Cattle wagon - Wikipedia

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    A cattle wagon or a livestock wagon is a type of railway vehicle designed to carry livestock.Within the classification system of the International Union of Railways they fall under Class H - special covered wagons - which, in turn are part of the group of covered goods wagons, although cattle have historically also been transported in open goods wagons.

  5. Four-in-hand (carriage) - Wikipedia

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    A four-in-hand in the Bois-de-Boulogne, Paris, 1905. A four-in-hand is a team of four horses pulling a carriage, coach or other horse-drawn vehicle. [1] Today, four-in-hand driving is the top division of combined driving in equestrian sports; other divisions are for a single horse or a pair.

  6. Coach (carriage) - Wikipedia

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    These were designed to be pulled by a pair of horses. In 1619 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham introduced the coach drawn by six horses. [6] A coach with four horses is a coach-and-four. [7]: 97 [8] A coach together with the horses, harness and attendants is a turnout. [7]: 286 [9] The bodies of early coaches were hung on leather straps.

  7. Tractor unit - Wikipedia

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    Peterbilt 386 sleeper-cab–style commercial 6×4 tractor unit. A tractor unit, also known as a truck unit, lorry unit, power unit, prime mover, ten-wheeler, semi-tractor, semi-truck, semi-lorry, tractor cab, truck cab, lorry cab, big rig tractor, big rig truck or big rig lorry or simply a tractor, truck, lorry, semi, big rig or rig, is a characteristically heavy-duty towing engine that ...

  8. Western Star Trucks - Wikipedia

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    Western Star previously offered the following models: The 4700 Series was Western Star's entry-level model and was available in truck and tractor applications, both with a 110-inch (2,790 mm) bumper-to-back-of-cab (BBC) length.

  9. Brockway Motor Company - Wikipedia

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    Brockway Motor Company was a builder of custom heavy-duty trucks in Cortland, New York, from 1912 to 1977. History It was founded as Brockway Carriage Works in 1875 ...