List of horse-drawn railways
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
1800
Swansea and 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 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)[3]
Patent (1838–1844) G. Peppercorne[4]
Leith and Musselburgh Tramway(1841– )[5]
1850
Fintona Railway, Ireland (1853–1957) 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge.[6]- Goolwa Port Elliot Railway (1854–); used up to 16 horses[7] 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge
- Newquay Railway (1855–) clay mining
Nelson, New Zealand (1861-____)[8]- Dun Mountain Railway (1861–1901) 914 mm (3 ft)
- Wallaroo (port) to Moonta (mines) – tramway (1862–1890+)[9][10]
- Port Macdonnell to Mount Gambier – proposal[11]
- 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[12]
Namaqualand Railway 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge opened 1869-1876; steam followed gradually.
Kailan – Lutai Canal (1878–1881) ; mule-drawn for coal[13]
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)[14]
- Kingston (port) Naracoorte[15]
- Gawler[16]
- Moonta[17]
See also
References
- ↑ "Horse-Drawn Train.". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 12 December 1908. p. 3 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ↑ "The Oldest Railway.". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882–1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 24 January 1928. p. 10. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ↑ "The Festiniog Railway.". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 27 May 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ↑ "Correspondence.". Illustrated Sydney News. NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 March 1854. p. 3. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Ireland lost lines, Ian Allen, 2006, p71
- ↑ "Adelaide Philosophical Society.". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 17 August 1867. p. 3. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ↑ "Cheap Railways.". The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. NSW: National Library of Australia. 28 November 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ↑ "House of Assembly.". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 31 July 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ↑ "Meeting at Moonta.". Kadina and Wallaroo Times. SA: National Library of Australia. 12 July 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 25 July 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ↑ "China's Moral Debt to Great Britain.". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 10 December 1918. p. 5. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ Steaming through Briton p28
- ↑ "S.A. Benefits From Gauge Change .". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 May 1954. p. 13. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ↑ "Railway Management.". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 November 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ↑ "Railway Management.". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 November 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
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