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Evolution of Technology - HQ (Saturn Commercial) Engineering in Nature - By Harun Yahya - harunyahya.com . Car History: From Horse and Buggy to Cars. "The Evolution of the Automobile: An Insider's View" trailer with Dave Kinney from Sympoz.com. Horsecar. A horsecar or horse-drawn tram is an animal-powered streetcar or tram. Mule-drawn streetcar, 1870s Passenger services[edit] The first rail passenger services in the world were started by the Oystermouth Railway in Wales, using specially designed carriages on an existing tramline built for horse-drawn freight dandies. Fare-paying passengers were carried on a line between Oystermouth, Mumbles and Swansea Docks from 1807. The Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad (1809) carried passengers although its main purpose was freight. In 1861 Toronto Street Railway horse cars replaced horse driven omnibuses as public transit mode in Toronto. London Tramways two-horse tram, about 1890 The first horse-drawn rail cars on the continent of Europe were operated from 1828 by the České Budějovice - Linz railway.

Horsecars were largely replaced by electric-powered streetcars following the invention by Frank J. Many large metropolitan lines lasted well into the early twentieth century. See also[edit] Horse & Buggy Crash.