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Dandy waggon, the Glossary

Index Dandy waggon

The dandy waggon is a type of railway carriage used to carry horses on gravity trains.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: Ballochney Railway, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Boston Lodge, Cable railway, Ffestiniog Railway, George Stephenson, Grade (slope), Gravity, Gravity railroad, Horse, Horse-drawn vehicle, Independent Publishers Group, List of horse-drawn railways, Narrow-gauge railway, Porthmadog, Railroad car, Slate, Steam locomotive, Stockton and Darlington Railway.

  2. Horse transportation
  3. United Kingdom narrow gauge rolling stock

Ballochney Railway

The Ballochney Railway was an early railway built near Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Dandy waggon and Ballochney Railway are horse-drawn railways.

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Blaenau Ffestiniog

Blaenau Ffestiniog is a town in Gwynedd, Wales.

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Boston Lodge

Boston Lodge is situated at Penrhyn Isa, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, on the A487 road about 1 mile SE across the Afon Glaslyn causeway from Porthmadog, Gwynedd in north-west Wales. Dandy waggon and Boston Lodge are Ffestiniog Railway.

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Cable railway

A cable railway is a railway that uses a cable, rope or chain to haul trains.

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Ffestiniog Railway

The Ffestiniog Railway (Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales. Dandy waggon and Ffestiniog Railway are horse-drawn railways.

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George Stephenson

George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution.

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Grade (slope)

The grade (US) or gradient (UK) (also called stepth, slope, incline, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.

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Gravity

In physics, gravity is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things that have mass.

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Gravity railroad

A gravity railroad (American English) or gravity railway (British English) is a railroad on a slope that allows cars carrying minerals or passengers to coast down the slope by the force of gravity alone.

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Horse

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.

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Horse-drawn vehicle

A horse-drawn vehicle is a piece of equipment pulled by one or more horses.

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Independent Publishers Group

Independent Publishers Group (IPG) is a worldwide distributor for independent general, academic, and professional publishers, founded in 1971 to exclusively market titles from independent client publishers to the international book trade.

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List of horse-drawn railways

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. Dandy waggon and list of horse-drawn railways are horse-drawn railways.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.

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Porthmadog

Porthmadog, originally Portmadoc until 1974 and locally as "Port", is a coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd, Wales, and the historic county of Caernarfonshire.

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Railroad car

A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway).

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Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.

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Stockton and Darlington Railway

The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. Dandy waggon and Stockton and Darlington Railway are horse-drawn railways.

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See also

Horse transportation

United Kingdom narrow gauge rolling stock

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_waggon

Also known as Dandy cart, Dandy carts, Dandy wagon.