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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]

Waggonways Stockton and Darlington Railway George Stephenson (1781 - 1848)
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- "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 ...
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- 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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