Dandy waggon, the Glossary
The dandy waggon is a type of railway carriage used to carry horses on gravity trains.[1]
Table of Contents
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.
- Horse transportation
- 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.
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.
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.
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
- Barouche
- Buggy (carriage)
- Cidomo
- Coach (carriage)
- Concord coach
- Dandy waggon
- Durant-Dort Carriage Company
- Equestrianism
- Flint Wagon Works
- Horse driving
- Horse passport
- Horse trailer
- Horse transports in the Middle Ages
- Horse-drawn boat
- Horse-drawn railways
- Horseboating Society
- Horsebus
- Horsecar
- Landau (carriage)
- Lorry (horse-drawn)
- Municipal horse
- Naturmobil
- Pack Horse Library Project
- Post chaise
- Stage station
- Stage wagon
- Stagecoach
- Stock car (rail)
- Team boat
- Warrington Perambulating Library
- West Philadelphia Passenger Railway
United Kingdom narrow gauge rolling stock
- Dandy waggon
- List of Fairbourne Railway rolling stock
- List of Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock
- List of Hunslet narrow-gauge locomotive designs
- List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock
- List of Vale of Rheidol Railway rolling stock
- List of Welsh Highland Railway Ltd rolling stock
- List of Welsh Highland Railway rolling stock
- List of preserved Hunslet narrow-gauge locomotives
- Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_waggon
Also known as Dandy cart, Dandy carts, Dandy wagon.