Little Eaton Gangway

The Derby Canal Railway, often colloquially called the Little Eaton Gangway, was a freight - train horses in the English county of Derbyshire. Opened in 1795, it was in operation until 1908. Due to their technical design and their function, they may be referred to as the first railway in the world.

The train was five miles (8 km) long and had three short branch sections. She joined a branch of applied simultaneously Derby channel with three coal mines and a ceramic factory. The plant built by Benjamin Outram railway was characterized by two pioneering achievements, which had a soon far-reaching consequences, while the other was spreading to a large extent until much later, and no obvious successor:

• She was the first several riparian -use rail track, the track failed cast iron reinforced wooden rails, but cast iron angle bars of about 3 feet in length, were the upstanding inner edge of the car led exactly. This was an important development step to safe and high-duty railroad tracks that allowed steam operation on railways were built later. The cars had cast iron wheels, even without flange.
• The cargo was transported in loosely applied to the chassis of the car containers that have been implemented by the canal from a crane in the barges, so an early form of container transport.

The track was initially 1067 mm (3 feet and 6 inches), as Cape gauge today an internationally widespread railroad track. At an unknown date it was umgespurt to 4 feet ( 1219 mm).

In English texts, it is referred to as the " tram", but what is in this context translated as little train for she had her own route. Only after decommissioning parts of it were used for a public road.

After 1856, the Midland Railway had opened a branch line to Ripley, the cargo volume of the Derby Canal Railway declined sensitive. Nevertheless, it was still used until 1908.