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The Swansea and Mumbles Railway ran the world's first passenger tram service in 1807. The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public rail transport, which developed out of industrial haulage routes that had long been in existence, and from the omnibus routes that first ran on public streets in the 1820s [citation needed], using the newly improved iron or steel rail or 'tramway'.
Namaqualand Railway mule train, c. 1876. This is a worldwide list of horse-drawn railways, an early form of rail transport that utilised horses and other similar animals to pull rail cars. Horses were also used for shunting.
Slate waggon or slab waggon or rubbish wagon: a small four-wheeled rail car for carrying blocks of slate out of a quarry; Dandy waggon or dandy cart: an additional small rail car added to a gravity train to transport the horse downhill, after which the horse would pull the line of cars (often slate waggons) back up the hill. [3]
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway#1997 — photo and short history of a horse/express car built by the Pullman Company in 1930; it was subsequently converted into a roadway machine parts car. Capsule History: Rutland Stock Cars — how the stock car was developed, improved and used by one railroad in New England .
A dandy waggon from the Ffestiniog Railway on display at the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway in North Wales (2009) The dandy waggon is a type of railway carriage used to carry horses on gravity trains. [1] They are particularly associated with the narrow gauge Festiniog Railway (FR) in Wales where they were used between 1836 and 1863.
As steam power gradually replaced horse power throughout the 19th century, the term "wagonway" became obsolete and was superseded by the term "railway". As of 2025 [update] , very few horse or cable freight railways are operating, notable examples being the cable-hauled St Michael's Mount Tramway and the Reisszug , which has been in continuous ...
Wellington Street Railway Wellington: Horse May 1886 [80] December 1890 [81] Wichita Street Railway Wichita: Horse 1887 1890 Wichita Railroad & Light Co. Electric 1890 1933 Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway: Wichita ― Newton ― Hutchinson: Electric Interurban December 22, 1915 July 31, 1938 Union Street Railway Winfield: Horse August 31 ...
Stephenson also designed the New York and Harlem Railroad which was formally opened on 26 November 1832. Twelve days later a horse-drawn streetcar built at Stephenson's works and named John Mason after the president of the railroad company, started the public service. [3] [4] Stephenson is therefore remembered as the creator of the tramway. [5]