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.

Namaqualand Railway mule train, c. 1876.

Examples

Before 1800

Horses were used to pull railways in funiculars and coal mines as early as early 16th century. Earliest such example is Reisszug, a railway dating to 1515. Almost all of the mines built in 16th and 17th century used horse-drawn railways as their only mode of transport.

1800

1850

1880

Shunting

Horses were widely used for shunting.

See also

References

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