A photograph from 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 by Derek Beattie

Horses were often used in goods yards for moving wagons and heavy equipment. The last working horse retired in 1967, making it the last of a phenomenon that had lasted over 100 years. At its height, in 1913, there were 27,826 railway-owned cartage and shunting horses in the UK.

This image is of a railway shunting horse put to work in Ludlow in 1923 to support the growing rail industry and movement of goods.