A draisine (English: / d r eɪ ˈ z iː n /) is a light auxiliary rail vehicle, driven by service personnel, equipped to transport crew and material necessary for the maintenance of railway infrastructure.

Draisine is evolution of the human-powered transportation device that was originally devised by the German Baron Karl Drais and his “Laufmaschine” bicycle that was made in 1817. What …

May 1, 2012 · This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates National Bike Month with the forerunner of the modern bicycle: this ca. 1818 draisine. In 1817, Karl Drais, a young inventor …

The draisine is historically significant because it was the first widely available vehicle that was not animal-powered, and it intrigued many people with the possibility of moving about on a …

French & German; French draisine, draisienne, from German draisine, from Baron Karl von Drais †1851 German forester, its inventor + German -ine (as in maschine machine) The Ultimate …

It is also known as a Draisine (German: [dʁaɪˈziːnə] ⓘ in German, a term used in English only for light auxiliary railcars regardless of their form of propulsion), and as a draisienne (French: in …

Mar 18, 2025 · The original draisine was remarkably simple yet groundbreaking. Picture a wooden frame with two wheels, propelled entirely by the rider’s feet pushing against the ground. Unlike …

Draisine is a light railway vehicle, driven by a person and equipped to transport personnel or materials to maintain railway installations. They can be seen with small wagons that allow …

Two-person rail-cycle draisine with four wheels, for leisure. The eponymous term is derived from the German inventor Baron Karl Drais, who invented his Laufmaschine (German for "running …

1817 To 1819: The Draisine or Velocipede. The first verifiable claim for a practically used bicycle belongs to German Baron Karl von Drais, a civil servant to the Grand Duke of Baden in …