The horse-drawn tram from Vignoles (France). Unique model in France

The horse-drawn tram from Vignoles (France), 1880 – 1899.

The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public rail transport that developed out of industrial haulage routes that had long been in existence, and from the omnibus routes that first ran on public streets in the 1820s, using the newly improved iron or steel rail or ‘tramway’.

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