  :::You'd better have a look at History of rail transport too. Both articles include a fair amount of information up to the mid 19th century, and then tail off rapidly. John, by all means add whatever history you have at your fingertips, to whichever article seems most appropriate! :::The more that I look at this hierarchy of articles, the more I realise that we (railway enthusiast editors) have been very good at detailing all the nitty-gritty branch line and loco type articles, and not so good on the genuinely enyclopaedic ones (such as these)! I don't think we're going to run out of stuff to do in the near future... ::: 