The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

A site about cable cars (also known as cable tramways) all over the world.
Mayor Feinstein on cable car

October, 2023 Picture of the Month: Mayor Dianne Feinstein riding on a California Street cable car (Source: Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein).

New in October, 2023: On the Who page: Added a new article about Senator Dianne Feinstein, who died in September.

Coming in November, 2023: More about the 150th birthday of the cable cars

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cshrr Clay and Kearny
The Birth of the Cable Car - 150 Years

August and September 2023 will mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of cable traction on the Clay Street Hill Railroad. One part of a stereoscope view.. (Image Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp24.224a.jpg).
cshrr Clay and Kearny


The Cable Car Home Page 25 Years
1996 -- The Cable Car Home Page - 25 Years -- 2021

November, 2021 was the 25th anniversary of this website.
I wish I had written down the date I started it.

The Cable Car Home Page 25 Years


SF Bay Ferries

Please visit my site about

San Francisco Bay Ferryboats (new url)

SF Bay Ferries

Park Trains

Please visit my page about

Park Trains and Tourist Trains

Park Trains

Blog

As if I didn't have enough websites to keep track of, I now have a blog:

The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion

Blog

Big V

And now I now have another blog, mostly about movies:

The Big V Riot Squad

Big V

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