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  2. Goods wagon - Wikipedia

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    Hbillns wagon with sliding sides in ITL’s green livery Commonwealth Oil Corporation goods wagon in Australia. Goods wagons or freight wagons [1] (North America: freight cars), [2] also known as goods carriages, goods trucks, freight carriages or freight trucks, are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo.

  3. Transport during the British Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The wagon was emptied into a river barge (or keel or trow), and the horse drew the empty wagon back to the coal pit. Steam engine haulage was tried by Richard Trevithick on the Merthyr Tramroad from Penydarren to Abercynon in 1804, but proved unsatisfactory, partly because the engine was too heavy for the rails.

  4. Wagon - Wikipedia

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    A wagon (or waggon in British English) is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draft animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, ...

  5. Quarry tub - Wikipedia

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    A tub or quarry tub is a type of railway or tramway wagon used in quarries and other industrial locations for the transport of minerals (such as coal, sand, ore, clay and stone) from a quarry or mine face to processing plants or between various parts of an industrial site. [1] This type of wagon may be small enough for one person to push, or ...

  6. Covered wagon - Wikipedia

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    Narrow covered wagon used by west-bound Canadian settlers c. 1885 Painting showing a wagon train of covered wagons. A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, [1] or prairie schooner, [2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon used for passengers or freight hauling. It has a canvas, tarpaulin, or waterproof sheet which is stretched ...

  7. Wagonway - Wikipedia

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    A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon, the tracks are plateways A later system involved L-shaped iron rails or plates , each 3 ft (914 mm) long and 4 in (102 mm) wide, having on the inner side an upright ledge or flange, 3 in (76 mm) high at the centre and tapering to 2 in (51 mm) at the ends, for the purpose of keeping the flat wheels on ...

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