Why does putting a carriage on rails make it much easier to pull? As in, how were the first trams such an improvement from omnibuses when the same weight was still being pulled?

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Why does putting a carriage on rails make it much easier to pull? As in, how were the first trams such an improvement from omnibuses when the same weight was still being pulled?

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The first railways were made before omnibuses existed. At that time most roads were terrible by modern standards. Steel wheel on steel rail interface was *much* better than the alternative at the time.

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