horse-drawn railway
Franz von Gerstner
František Josef Gerstner was a Bohemian physicist and engineer. He is responsible for constructing the first the horse-drawn railway line in continental Europe.
Second Railway in Continental Europe
Salomon Mayer von Rothschild funded a major steam railway to be built on continental Europe, the Kaiser Ferdinands Nordbahn, which opened in 1839. The Nordbahn was Austria's first steam railway company.
