The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

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

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 Enter Copyright 1996-2023 by Joe Thompson. All rights reserved.

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).

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

Joe Thompson

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