Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1914 — Ancient Horse-Drawn Train Service. [ARTICLE]

Ancient Horse-Drawn Train Service.

According to the Engineer, it was only last month that there was brought to a close a passenger train service maintained by horse traction, which has been in continual operation since the year 1856. The stretch of line affected is a portion of the North British railroad, lying between Drumbnrgh Junction, a few miles west of Carlisle, and Port Carlisle, a seaport on the Solway firth. The line was operated by locomotives from 1854 .to 1856, and in August of the latter year horses were substituted They have been in continuous use up to the present year, when they were superseded by steam locomotives. —Scientific American.