Forest railway
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A forest railway, forest tram, timber line, logging railway or logging railroad is a mode of railway transport which is used for forestry tasks, primarily the transportation of felled logs to sawmills
Forest railway operations in Comandău, Romania
Shay locomotive on an American forest railway (Harbor Springs Railway)
Perdido, a steam pole road locomotive
Tourist trains and narrow gauge museum at the Kemence Forest Museum Railway
Wagonway
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A wagonway was a method of railway transportation that preceded the steam locomotive and used horses to haul wagons. The terms plateway and tramway were also used. The advantage of wagonways was that
Forest railway
…wood was often damaged in transit, lost in floods or stranded in shallow water. Suitable rivers were often unavailable in mountainous terrain. Simple wagonways, using horses and wooden rails, were used from the 18th century. However the invention of the steam locomotive and steel rails soon led to these being…
Benjamin Outram's Little Eaton Gangway in July 1908 with the last train of loaded coal wagons arriving.
Minecart shown in De re metallica (1556). The guide pin fits in a groove between two wooden planks.
Minecart from 16th century, found in Transylvania
A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways