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Can i recommend a fantastic book by Bryan Holden "THE LONG HAUL"which covers the complete history of the thousands of horses employed by railway companys across the country. Heavy horses sometimes working in pairs catered for heavy cartage while all parcel type traffic had lighter horses called vanners(I once heard the definition of vanner was a horse that could trot 1 mile with a ton).Many horses were used as shunt horses and had their shoes made in a particular way to stop them getting caught in sleepers rodding etc.. The book covers all aspects of horse management by various companys. Jim D
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