English Dictionary

dandy cart

名詞

歴史的

(rail transport, historical) A wagon in which a horse could rest and travel downhill on a gravity-worked railway, before hauling wagons back up the incline.

日本語の意味

（鉄道輸送、歴史的）重力鉄道で、馬が休息したり下りを進む際に使用され、後に荷車を牽引するための馬車。

At the abandoned incline, the dandy cart carried the exhausted horse downhill so it could rest before being hitched to haul the wagons back up.

廃れた傾斜軌道で、馬が休めるように作られた重力式鉄道の台車が疲れた馬を下り坂へ運び、馬は荷車を引き上げる前に休むことができた。

意味（1）

(rail transport, historical) A wagon in which a horse could rest and travel downhill on a gravity-worked railway, before hauling wagons back up the incline.

Three examples of the dandy cart in which horses descended inclines at the rear of gravity-operated trains.

dandy carts （ plural ）