Ok, form after the game period but something that did exist in the early 1700s; horsedrawn railway
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/river-tyne-200-year-old-5325105?fb_action_ids=10151805615707848&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151805615707848%22%3A644164385601435%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151805615707848%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/river-tyne-200-year-old-5325105?fb_action_ids=10151805615707848&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151805615707848%22%3A644164385601435%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151805615707848%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D