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Dandy Waggons
The dandy wagon (or 'Dandy cart') was a type of carriage for carrying horses, usually used on the down-hill sections of horse-drawn railways and waggonways. George Stephenson is credited for having proposed the idea for dandy wagons, building these carriages for the horses, for use on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, which opened in 1825.[1]
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Stockton and Darlington Railway
- Overview Early History The Stockton and Darlington Railway was the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives. The railway was primarily built to transport coal from collieries around Shildon, …
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050280:Dandy cart Throckley Brickworks Throckley Unknown 1909
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Dandy Waggon
- "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 …
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Peter Smith
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Stockton and Darlington Railway
- Overview Early History The Stockton and Darlington Railway was the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives. The railway was primarily built to transport coal from collieries around Shildon, …
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Dandy carts
- Image c/o Wikimedia. Sketch from Tomlinson W.W., The North Eastern Railway; its rise and development (1915)
Added by
Simon Cotterill