The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

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

February, 2025 Picture of the Month: The Citizens Railway helped sell real estate in new Saint Louis neighborhoods like Rappahannock Heights (source: Saint Louis Globe-Democrat, 30-April-1893). "Only 3 Blocks to the Grand Avenue Cable Railroad." New in February, 2025: On the Cable Car Lines in Saint Louis page: A ten-year update about the Citizens Railway, including contemporary newspaper items. Coming in March, 2025: On the Cable Car Lines in Saint Louis page: The Missouri Railroad Enter Copyright 1996-2025 by Joe Thompson. All rights reserved.

The Birth of the Cable Car - 150 Years August and September 2023 marked 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).

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.

Please visit my site about San Francisco Bay Ferryboats (new url)

Please visit my page about Park Trains and Tourist Trains

As if I didn't have enough websites to keep track of, I now have a blog: The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion

And now I now have another blog, mostly about movies: The Big V Riot Squad