Whata the benefit as opposed to roads?Can you be more specific? Commercial railways actually predate the use of steam engines. Horse drawn wagon trains running on tracks called wagonways have been around since at least 600 BC.
Whata the benefit as opposed to roads?
And probably less bumpy, too.Faster, more durable, and better able to carry heavy loads as compared to unpaved pre-modern roads plus it's cheaper than paving the whole road. An unpaved road would turn to rutted mud pretty quickly under constant heavy traffic. Early wagonways were used for things like gravel or coal, really weighty bulky goods.
And probably less bumpy, too.
Cool, thanks, didnt know of that. One thing that comes to mind is thst perhaps the wagons could be pulles along by a pulley system powered by a water mill or something.
Was thinking about this the other day. the horse rail is usually touted in positive terms, yet it didn't become a large scale thing. So, I'm guessing that there's some reason(s) that it wasn't advantageous/economically viable enough to be a happening thing.Faster, more durable, and better able to carry heavy loads as compared to unpaved pre-modern roads plus it's cheaper than paving the whole road. An unpaved road would turn to rutted mud pretty quickly under constant heavy traffic. Early wagonways were used for things like gravel or coal, really weighty bulky goods.
Was thinking about this the other day. the horse rail is usually touted in positive terms, yet it didn't become a large scale thing. So, I'm guessing that there's some reason(s) that it wasn't advantageous/economically viable enough to be a happening thing.