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Human-powered rail vehicle
A draisine (English: /dreɪˈziːn/) is a light auxiliary rail vehicle, driven by service personnel, equipped to transport crew and material necessary for
Draisine
Rolling stock manufacturer
Diesel-hydraulic draisine DHD-200 class 915 Heavy motor draisine TMD-25 Heavy motor draisine TMD-22 Light motor draisine LMD-9 Motor draisine for maintenance
Mašinska_Industrija_Niš
Development of bicycle technology
Drais Drawing from an 1896 newspaper of The London Hansom Cycle Wooden draisine (around 1820), the first two-wheeler and as such the archetype of the bicycle
History_of_the_bicycle
Self-propelled single railway vehicle for passengers
form, a "railcar" may also be little more than a railbus or motorized draisine. Self-powered railcars were once common in North America; these "motor
Railcar
French blacksmith
may have become the inventor of the bicycle when he added pedals to a draisine to form the Michaudine velocipede, the forerunner of the modern bicycle
Pierre_Michaux
Motor vehicle
were ever produced. These draisines were also exported to Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. In Hungary, a copy of the Warszawa draisine was also built with advanced
FSO_Warszawa
Railway museum in Berlin, Germany
52 – Motorised draisine ex Klv-12, 26 PS petrol engine MKB 53 – Hand-operated draisine ex TCDD, human powered MKB 55 – Motorised draisine ex MÁV, 14 PS
AG_Märkische_Kleinbahn
German automotive industry, Gottlieb Daimler, developed a motor-driven draisine, which used paraffin (kerosene) as fuel. It was the first piece of rolling
Daimler_Paraffin_Railway
Small railcar for inspectors and work crews
car, jigger, trike, quad, personnel carrier, trolley, inspection car, or draisine) is a small railcar used around the world by track inspectors and work
Railroad_speeder
German inventor (1785–1851)
the Laufmaschine ("running machine"), also later called the velocipede, draisine (English) or draisienne (French), also nicknamed the hobby horse or dandy
Karl_Drais
19th-century human-powered vehicle; predecessor to the bicycle
him in France in February 1818 as a vélocipède. It is also known as a Draisine (German: [dʁaɪˈziːnə] in German, a term used in English only for light
Dandy_horse
Railway line in Germany
Ströhen there is now a Draisine operation for tourists. Ströhen includes a well-developed tourist railway, which also operates Draisines on a former narrow-gauge
Bassum–Herford_railway
Railroad car powered by its passengers
jigger, Kalamazoo, velocipede, gandy dancer cart, platelayers' cart, draisine, or railbike) is a railroad car powered by its passengers or by people
Handcar
Self-propelled railway vehicle
type. The first internal combustion rail vehicle was a kerosene-powered draisine built by Gottlieb Daimler in 1887, but this was not technically a locomotive
Locomotive
French manufacturer of railcars
stock. The business ceased trading in 1956 and later became Socofer. Draisines : These worked on different VFILs, and for the "Big Companies" which became
Établissements_Billard
Vehicle which is specially designed for use by military forces
vehicle Technical Gun truck Military railways Armoured train Military draisine MRAP Reconnaissance vehicle Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon Self-propelled
Military_vehicle
Former narrow-gauge railway in England
Adrian Shooter's draisine of the type 'Ford Model T' on the Beeches Light Railway
Beeches_Light_Railway
Polish museum
steam, diesel and electric locomotives, goods wagons, passenger cars and draisines. It has also a small number of standard gauge and other exhibits. Part
Sochaczew Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
Sochaczew_Narrow_Gauge_Railway_Museum
Railway station in Lauterecken, Germany
of the Lauter Valley Railway. Since 2000, it has been a station on the draisine operation on the former Glan Valley Railway between Altenglan and Staudernheim
Lauterecken-Grumbach_station
Vehicle used for carrying cargo or passengers on a rail transport system
gun: dedicated to machine guns Military draisine: Armoured trains were sometimes escorted by a kind of draisine called a 'rail tank'. Platform: unarmoured
Railroad_car
City in the United States
CNR derrick car (Sylvester Manufacturing Company, Kalamazoo Railway Supply Company). Mounted on a push car, pulled with a speeder or draisine.
Kalamazoo,_Michigan
Mountain pass in Japan
in the Rail Wars! episodes 8 and 9, where the characters take it with a Draisine. Harada, Katsumasa (1981). "Technological independence and progress of
Usui_Pass
Armoured car
armored car, that could be also converted to run on railroad tracks (see draisine). The changing for rail mode took 30 minutes. Only one prototype was built
BAD-2
One of 5 contact points on an upright bicycle
bicycle saddle has been known as such since the bicycle evolved from the draisine, a forerunner of the bicycle. It performs a similar role as a horse's saddle
Bicycle_saddle
Heritage railway in France
October 2025. "S.E. draisine Billard 673 – CFVE". Patrimoine Ferroviaire France (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2025. "SNCF draisine DU49 4M-035 – CFVE"
Chemin de fer de la vallée de l'Eure
Chemin_de_fer_de_la_vallée_de_l'Eure
Human-powered land vehicle
in both the United Kingdom and France, where it was sometimes called a draisine (German and English), draisienne (French), a vélocipède (French), a swiftwalker
Velocipede
Railway line in northern Germany
passenger services, although the Hollenbek–Ratzeburg section is used for draisine rides. The Hagenow–Zarrentin section is served occasionally. The other
Hagenow Land–Bad Oldesloe railway
Hagenow_Land–Bad_Oldesloe_railway
Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Glantalbahn is now used for recreational draisine travel. Odernheim has one kindergarten and one primary school. The draisine tours on the local disused railway
Odernheim_am_Glan
Heritage railway line in Switzerland and Germany
operated the line until 2004. Today, it is used by heritage trains and draisines. The Etzwilen–Singen railway line was built by the Schweizerische Nationalbahn
Etzwilen–Singen_railway
Combat vehicle with both armament and armour
Armoured trains were sometimes escorted by a kind of rail-tank called a draisine. One such example was the Italian 'Littorina' armoured trolley, which had
Armoured_fighting_vehicle
American manufacturing company
Fairbanks, Morse & Company draisine (1912)
Fairbanks-Morse
1979 Soviet epic science fantasy film by Andrei Tarkovsky
to the scene where the three are traveling to the Zone on a motorized draisine. In the opening and the final scene Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was removed
Stalker_(1979_film)
Overview of and topical guide to vehicles
Submergence Vehicle Diver Propulsion Vehicle Diving bell Diving chamber Dog sled Draisine Electric vehicle Golf cart Ground effect vehicle Handcar Hopper Hovercraft
Outline_of_vehicles
Private Railway in Sweden
in service. The railway has four motorized locomotives and a motorized draisine. There is also one small self-made steam locomotive, however it is not
Örkaggens_Järnväg
exported across Europe and Asia. The most popular company products: Diesel draisine WM-10 and the modified versions. Micro railcar MS-W-01. Railcars: SN81
Kolzam
Multiple Unit Dining car Dome car Double door boxcar Double-stack car Draisine Driving Van Trailer Driving Brake Standard Open Dynamometer car Electric
List_of_railway_vehicles
Children's horse toy
the modern sense of the term hobby. The term is also connected to the draisine, a forerunner of the bicycle, invented by Baron Karl von Drais. In 1818
Hobby_horse_(toy)
Military railway train
Armoured trains were sometimes escorted by a kind of rail-tank called a draisine. One such example was the 'Littorina' armoured trolley which had a cab
Armoured_train
Czehoslovak armored draisine
The Tatra T18 was a Czechoslovak draisine designed and manufactured by Tatra in the 1920s. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tatra T 18. (in Polish)
Tatra_T18
Motor vehicle
mainly as a marshrutka in state-owned inter-city communication, and a draisine designed and built on the ZIM basis for the use on narrow-gauge railways
GAZ-12_ZIM
Austrian composer (1797–1828)
Library" (PDF). wienbibliothek.at. Frühauf, Tina (2005). "Schubert and the Draisine: An Odd Couple in the Archiv des Menschlichen Unsinns". Music in Art. 30
Franz_Schubert
German narrow gauge island railway
residents of Nordstrandischmoor. Each household has its own wagon. These are draisines, each powered by an internal combustion engine, some with a trailer. Initially
Lüttmoorsiel-Nordstrandischmoor island railway
Lüttmoorsiel-Nordstrandischmoor_island_railway
Volkswagen panel van
companies other than Westfalia. There were even 30 Klv 20 rail-going draisines built for Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1955. In South Africa, it is known as
Volkswagen_Type_2
Defunct South Vietnamese ground forces
M578 light recovery vehicle – armored recovery vehicle Wickums armored draisine M151 – 1⁄4 ton jeep. Dodge M37 – 3/4 ton truck M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam
Vehicle operating on two wheels
Wheeled single-track vehicles include: Dandy horses, velocipedes, or draisines, forerunners of bicycles Bicycles, a pedal-powered two-wheeler Motorcycles
Two-wheeler
Railway line in Norway
workshop. Outside there is a 70-metre (230 ft) long railway line. On it is a draisine from 1925, a combined third-class and post wagon from 1894. It consists
Nesttun–Os_Line
City in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
inventions originate from Mannheim: Karl Drais built the first two-wheeled draisine in 1817, the first bicycle in history. Karl Benz drove the first automobile
Mannheim
Willys MB jeeps or similar vehicles converted from road vehicles to rail vehicles
steel-wheeled rail switchers, shunters, light locomotives, speeders or draisines. The phrase was also used for supply trains consisting of jeeps and for
Jeep_train
Mining and railway museum in Lasauvage, Luxembourg
at Titelberg testify that it was the capital of the Treviri tribe. 6 draisines (4 seat rail bikes) are circulating on the track linking the Fond-de-Gras
Industry and Railway Park Fond-de-Gras
Industry_and_Railway_Park_Fond-de-Gras
Railway museum
A bicycle-based draisine at the museum
Nairobi_Railway_Museum
Swedish railway car manufacturer
also manufactured petrol engines, automobiles, trucks, motor-powered draisines, motorboats and marine engines. The company was in 1911 merged with
Vabis
Pedal-driven two-wheel vehicle
Drais Drawing from an 1896 newspaper of The London Hansom Cycle Wooden draisine (around 1820), the first two-wheeler and as such the archetype of the bicycle
Bicycle
1816 volcanic winter climate event
new ways of horseless transportation, which led to the invention of the draisine and velocipede, a precursor of the bicycle. The crop failures of the "Year
Year_Without_a_Summer
hoses are connected. Go-devil A hand-powered railroad car (see Handcar and Draisine), or a small gasoline powered railroad car. Grab bar or Grab iron A handle
Glossary of rail transport terms
Glossary_of_rail_transport_terms
Weapons used in the Vietnam war
vehicle – armored recovery vehicle based on M48 chassis. Wickums armored draisine used by the ARVN. LCM-6 and LCM-8 – with several modifications: LCMs modified
List of weapons of the Vietnam War
List_of_weapons_of_the_Vietnam_War
WW II series of Dodge light 4WD trucks
picture showing the M2 heavy machine gun for anti-aircraft use French Army draisine, converted WC-51 A Dodge of the 5th Indian Division struggling through
Dodge_WC_series
Railroad in the Midwestern US (1889–1930)
Railcar (draisine) in service of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway 1912
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Cleveland,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railway
Armoured personnel carrier/armoured car
Dutch, the Indonesian Army also created the "Panser Rel V-16" armored draisine, built by the Army Equipment Workshop (precursor of Pindad). It was created
Overvalwagen
Railway in Suriname
Railway had several inspection cars and motorised draisines. LHB/Büssing railcar Rottenkraftwagen Draisine The Belgian rolling stock manufacturer Metallurgique
Lawa_Railway
German railway line
that forms part of the Landstuhl–Kusel line. It is used for tourism and draisine rides have been offered on the section between Altenglan and Staudernheim
Glan_Valley_Railway
Scottish blacksmith and inventor
pedals but rather adapted the treadle, known since the Middle Ages, to the draisine. Johnston, a corn trader and tricyclist, had the firm aim, in his own words
Kirkpatrick_Macmillan
Railway station in Germany
the section from Rennerod to Westerburg mostly preserved and used to draisine rides. The station building of Rennerod looks very similar to the building
Rennerod
Railway station in Altenglan, Germany
Railway from Altenglan to Staudernheim that is used for a recreational draisine operation. The station is located on the southern outskirts of Altenglan
Altenglan_station
TU8P (ТУ8П) is a Soviet, later Russian diesel locomotive, railcar or draisine for gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in). The TU8P (ТУ8П) is used for passenger transport
TU8P
Railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through an internal combustion engine
locomotives by some years. The first known kerosene rail vehicle was a draisine built by Gottlieb Daimler in 1887, for the Daimler Paraffin Railway. This
Internal combustion locomotive
Internal_combustion_locomotive
Japanese light novel series and its adaptations
promoted to baron. Primura and Mallow invent a draisine based on Ken'ichi's design and made their last name Draisine after being promoted to nobility. Some cloaked
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World
The_Daily_Life_of_a_Middle-Aged_Online_Shopper_in_Another_World
Peat railway
military-historical festivals. TU4 – No. 1030 TU4 – No. 2630 Draisine – PD-1-353 Draisine – TD-5u Draisine – armored TD-5u for military-historical festivals Passenger
Tyosovo_peat_railway
Village in Nore og Uvdal, Norway
that being said, it is still possible to travel to Rødberg by rail via Draisine rentals from the nearby town of Veggli. Rødberg Power Plant (Statkraft)
Rødberg
Motor vehicle
Ana Pauker's draisine built from a Škoda VOS
Škoda_VOS
Railway line in Germany
highway. From Tiefensee to Sternebeck the line is now used for operating draisines. A heritage railway operates on the line from Sternebeck until shortly
Wriezen_Railway
Railway line in Germany
funicular railway. A little to the north of it is the Edersee dam. In 2006, a Draisine line was established on an approximately two-kilometre section between
Wega–Brilon_Wald_railway
replaced by modern road systems that often ran parallel to the old tracks. Draisine Hand car Norry Knapp, Ronald G., ed. (1980). "Push Car Railways and Taiwan's
Taiwanese_push_car_railways
pp. 80f. ISBN 3-205-99051-X. Frühauf, Tina (2005). "Schubert and the Draisine: An Odd Couple in the Archiv des Menschlichen Unsinns". Music in Art. 30
Unsinnsgesellschaft
Former railway station in Miyako, Japan
Documented in 2023, some track at the station is used for human-powered draisines. Wainai Post Office Japan National Route 340 JTB Timetable (April 2014)
Iwate-Wainai_Station
trucks, but also produced two car models, a postal vehicle, and several draisines. Ekström, Gert (1984). Svenska bilbyggare. Allt om hobby. ISBN 91-85496-22-7
Söderbloms Gjuteri & Mekaniska Verkstad
Söderbloms_Gjuteri_&_Mekaniska_Verkstad
1816 machine while collecting taxes from his tenants. He patented his "draisine" (or "draisienne"), a "pushbike" powered by the action of the rider's feet
French_bicycle_industry
Tourist train between Saujon and La Tremblade in France
The Train des Mouettes (formerly the Seudre Tourist Railway) is a tourist train that has been operating since 1984 on the 21 km of railway between Saujon
Train_des_Mouettes
Armoured train
(2007). Отечественные бронедрезины и мотоброневагоны [Domestic armored draisines and motorized armored traincars] (in Russian). Strategy KM. ISBN 978-5901266014
Zaamurets
Rail line
Baharia Military Railway Draisine in front of Block House B2 Technical Line length 134 km (83 miles) Track gauge 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) (Category 762) Maximum
Baharia_Military_Railway
Purpose-built monorail on which a matching bicycle could be ridden
ridership had declined, and the railway fell into disrepair. Bicycle railway Draisine Shweeb Anthony J. Bianculli (2008). Iron rails in the Garden State: tales
Hotchkiss_Bicycle_Railroad
bogey was built and demonstrated on the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales. Draisine Munro, Mike. "Sails on Rails". Retrieved 2010-08-17. "Spurn Railway". www
Sail_bogey
Railway in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France
railcar. X206 De Dion-Bouton OC2 railcar. 713 Renault Draisine built 1930. 208 Billard draisine built 1968. 56115 Deutz 4w diesel, ex Euskirchener Kreisbahn
Chemin_de_fer_du_Blanc-Argent
Railway station in Switzerland
border between Ramsen and Rielasingen. Part of the line can be driven with draisines on other days History of rail transport in Switzerland Rail transport
Etzwilen_railway_station
Narrow-gauge railway in Germany
by 1957 the change of traction was completed. In 1955 a small, bus-like draisine had been procured. After the Second World War, the number of passengers
Wangerooge_Island_Railway
Austrian painter (1796–1862)
Das Kaleidoskop und die Draisine, Kupelwieser's caricature of himself and Franz Schubert for the Unsinnsgesellschaft (16 July 1818)
Leopold_Kupelwieser
Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ending point of the Draisinenstrecke (railway upon which visitors can ride draisines). The outlying centre of Mühlbach lies at the foot of the Potzberg, on
Altenglan
Polish WWII armoured train
tanks, TK or TKS tankettes were mounted on special draisines to run on railway tracks. These draisines also had an hydraulic system which allowed the tank
Danuta_(armoured_train)
Branch line in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Rehweiler 25.4 Eisenbach–Matzenbach 28.5 Theisbergstegen 32.0 0.0 Altenglan Draisine operations to Staudernheim to Staudernheim/Bad Münster Rammelsbach Tunnel
Landstuhl–Kusel_railway
German term for narrow-gauge field railway used to transport raw materials
Hortobágy, museum railway Kecskemét Little Railway, museum railway only with draisine Nyírvidék Little Railway, closed in 2009 Fishery Railway Szeged, active
Feldbahn
Railway station in Łapino, Poland
Łapino A hand-powered draisine at Łapino railway station General information Location Łapino Poland Owner Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A. Platforms 2 Construction
Łapino_railway_station
Rail line
Vendée. 2 Pieces 600 mm Benzene locomotive B Deutz 1940 1939–1945 Organisation Todt 1 Piece Draisine with Gasoline motor B Japy 1939–1945 Organisation Todt
Tramways_de_Royan
Improvised narrow-gauge train in Cambodia
an 8% increase -- in 2018. Rail transport in Cambodia Railroad speeder Draisine Taiwanese push car railways "Cambodia: Getting there & around". Lonely
Norry
2001 film by Michael Herbig
presents his book Treasure of Silver Lake, that also features a ride on a draisine. When Santa Maria dies in a mud trap, Winnetouch quotes Wilhelm Busch's
Der_Schuh_des_Manitu
Political party in Russia
Baburova. In 2010, St. Petersburg members of RNU were accused of blowing up a draisine. "Члены Всемирного союза национал-социалистов". Archived from the original
Russian_National_Unity_(2000)
until 1867. Johnson created an improved version of the German Karl Drais's Draisine, the archetypal bicycle. Johnson's pedestrian curricle was patented in
Denis_Johnson_(inventor)
February 1964 at Bahnbetriebswerk (Bw) Wuppertal and replaced the measurement draisine previously used for this task. On 1 January 1968 it was given the number
DB_Class_724
Geographic feature along the coasts of Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands
the past those were sail bogeys, but nowadays most are diesel driven draisines with battery-electric railcars increasingly gaining ground. The rail lines
German_Bight
French automobile manufacturer
wheels, ABC engine, 10 sedan cars, 3 sport cabriolet cars 1925: Rail/road draisine, intended for the director of mines in the Congo, 1 copy 1927: Record model
Leyat
Municipality in Hesse, Germany
German secondary railway line. In the warmer half of the year there are Draisine trips on these tracks run by the interstate Aarbeitskreis Aartalbahn (“Aar
Aarbergen
1991 video game
"Labyrinth". Hugo-troll.de. Retrieved 2012-07-15. Nico Schimmelpfennig. "Draisine". Hugo-troll.de. Retrieved 2012-07-15. Nico Schimmelpfennig. "Flieger"
Hugo_(video_game)
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