The Cable Car Home Page Archive - Ten Years Ago
by Joe Thompson

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Ten Years Ago

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• 01-Nov-2001
  • Picture of the Month: Powell/Mason car 5
  • Fifth Anniversary - November, 1996 - November, 2001
  • Add "The Cable Street-Railway" magazine article
  • Add more photos to the Ferries and Cliff House and More Ferries and Cliff House page and make images into thumbnails. Includes Sanborn Fire Insurance maps of Washington/Mason
  • Revise Los Angeles Temple Street Cable Railway with some new information. Thanks to Ray Long
  • Add "Reflections After Five Years" to the Why page
• 01-Oct-2001 (Fall, 2001)
  • Picture of the Month: Retired Glasgow Subway cars
  • Add articles on Glasgow's Glasgow District Subway and the Liverpool United Tramways to the Cable Car Lines in the UK page.
  • Add Selected articles from Manufacturer and Builder Magazine (1890-1899) to the Miscellany page.
  • Update Other California Cities and Los Angles Area Funiculars pages. Change images to thumbnails. Added more images of Second Street Cable Railway and Knott's Berry Farm cable cars.
  • Added more images of the Fillmore Hill Counterbalance, the Telegraph Hill Railroad, and the California/Powell signal tower to the San Francisco page.
  • Bob Murphy provided photographs of the North Melbourne Winding House, which I added to the Melbourne article.
  • Added article on Charles Smallwood to the Who page.
  • Reorganize Newspaper section of the bibliography by subject.
• 01-Jul-2001 (Summer, 2001)
  • Picture of the Quarter: Upper Douglas car 72/73
  • Roll out new Cable Car Lines in the UK page with an article on the Isle of Man's Upper Douglas Cable Tramway.
  • Move London's Highgate Hill Cable Tramway to the UK page and add thumbnails.
  • Update San Francisco page. Change images to thumbnails. Added two more images of Carville.
  • Add article about Private Funiculars to the Los Angeles Area Funiculars page.
  • Add Liverpool United and Chicago West Division experimental installations to the Where page.
  • Add Selected articles from Manufacturer and Builder Magazine (1885-1889) to the Miscellany page.
  • Add photo of Mrs Klussmann and new article about her nemesis, Roger Lapham, to the Who page.
  • Update Market Street Cable Railway and Omnibus Railroad & Cable Company with colors of their lines.
• 01-Apr-2001 (Spring, 2001)
  • Picture of the Quarter: Will Clark riding on cable car
  • Add more items to the Kitsch page, including stamps and magazine advertisements.
  • Add Selected articles from Manufacturer and Builder Magazine (1880-1884) to the Miscellany page.
  • Update How Do Cable Cars Work? page. Changed images to thumbnails. Added girder rail image from Randy Hees and other new images.
  • Bob Murphy provided a photograph of the Gertrude Street Cable Winding House, which I added to the Melbourne article. Peter Vawser provided additional information about Melbourne cable tramways.
  • Add links to Kavanaugh Transit site, North American Vintage Trolley Systems and many others.
  • Add News and Bibliography items about a truck knocking down Seattle's Iron Pergola. Also
  • Add News and Bibliography items about Angel's Flight runaway accident. Also updated the Los Angeles Area Funiculars page.
  • Move Kalakala article to my ferry web site.
  • Change toy cable car picture on the main page to car 51.
  • Move "The Los Angeles Cable Railway" article from Scientific American (courtesy of Tom Ehrenreich) to another server.
• 01-Jan-2001 (Winter, 2001)
  • Picture of the Quarter: Market/Hayes cable car by IW Taber
  • Roll out More Market Street Pictures page.
  • Add "The Los Angeles Cable Railway" article from Scientific American, courtesy of Tom Ehrenreich.
  • Ray Long provided two photographs of the Industry Hills Incline, one of Sacramento/Clay car 16 on the Emporium roof and one of Cal Cable 56 at Washington/Mason.
  • Add section on The Electrical System to How Page.
  • Add Beebe book and article about ergonomic adjustments to turntable to Bibliography.
  • Archive news stories, 2000 Anniversaries, and Jul-Oct 2000 What's New. Add counter history to archive page.
• 01-Oct-2000 (Fall, 2000)
  • Picture of the Quarter: Geary and Market
  • Roll out Excerpts From The Octopus page.
  • Join more webrings: Funicular, Trolley & Interurban, Tram, and International Transportation.
• 01-Sep-2000
  • Picture of the Month: Fairfax funicular
  • Add Fairfax funicular article to the San Francisco Miscellany page.
  • Add news item and other remarks about old car 4 being installed at Pac Bell Park.
  • Add news item and bibliography item about new cable car book.
  • Add news item about car 9 mishap.
• 01-Aug-2000
  • Picture of the Month: Philadelphia Traction train
  • Roll out Philadelphia Traction Company on the Other Cities page.
  • Add news item about bell ringing contest
  • Bibliography: update information about J Bucknall Smith book.
• 01-Jul-2000
  • Picture of the Month: State Street, Chicago at night
  • Roll out page with excerpt from "South of the Slot" by Jack London.
  • Add State Street at night postcard to Chicago page
  • Add more information about Portland Cable Trams Inc to Melbourne page. Add thanks to Bruce McMillan for the information.
  • Add link to John Smatlak's Railway Preservation Resources page
  • Add photo of Benjamin Brooks to Who page
  • Archive news stories and Jan-Jun 2000 What's New
• 01-Jun-2000
  • Picture of the Month: DB Fisk Advertisement
  • Mystery Picture Contest results.
  • Roll out Seattle Miscellany section with article about ferry Kalakala (later moved to my San Francisco Bay Ferryboats site.
  • Add newspaper items about ferry Kalakala and Demoro Key System books to bibliography.
  • Add mention of 1897 movie clip to Chicago page
  • Add thanks to First & Fastest, a magazine about the electric railways in the Chicago area for recommending this site in its Summer, 2000 issue. Add thanks to Val Golding for supplying newspaper clippings about Kalakala. Add thanks to Yahoo for listing this site in its directory. Add link to Clive Mottram's Tramway and Trolleybus Images.
• 01-May-2000
  • Picture of the Month: Mystery Picture Number One
  • Roll out Mystery Picture Contest page.
  • Roll out article by Emiliano J Echeverria about the California/Powell signal tower on the San Francisco Miscellany page. Add references on How/CSC/ FCH/Muni pages.
  • Add DOA to Movies Which Feature Cable Cars list.
  • Add info about new Car 9 to roster. Add story to bibliography.
  • Add link for Harry Marnell's California Trolleys page. Add link to SF Seals web site.
• 01-Apr-2000
  • Picture of the Month: Cable Car Room menu
  • Roll out Cable Car Kitsch page.
  • Change toy cable car picture on the main page to car 504.
  • Use database table in Where & When page.
  • Add news items for Powell Street suspension and Hallidie anniversary.
  • Add links for the Baltimore Streetcar Museum and the Baltimore Transit Archives and remove dead Bay Area Backroads link. Add link for GGIE.com.
  • Join Blickpunkt Straßenbahn web ring.
• 01-Mar-2000
  • Picture of the Month: West Chicago cable train on Madison Street
  • Add West Chicago Street Railway to Chicago page.
  • Add article about the Chicago Tunnel Railway to the Chicago Miscellany page
  • Add more detail to Seattle page. Add Yesler/2nd & Iron Pergola pictures.
  • Add J M Thompson (no relation) to the Who page
  • Add links to Steve Annells' The Bus Station, Jacek Wesolowski's Urban Mountain Railways and People Movers site, and Joel GAzis-SAx's An Almanac of California.
• 01-Feb-2000
  • Picture of the Month: North Chicago cable trains at the La Salle Street tunnel, Chicago
  • Add North Chicago Street Railway to Chicago page.
  • Add article about the Patent Trust to the Miscellany page
  • Add C T Yerkes to the Who page
  • Move Thanks/Links to a separate page
  • Add postcard of former cable car used on Mount Tamalpais railroad to San Francisco/Omnibus page
  • Add information about iron pergola in Seattle
  • Add information about modern Portland, Victoria tourist cable tram project to the Melbourne page
• 01-Jan-2000
  • Picture of the Month: State Street, Chicago
  • Roll out Chicago page with Chicago City Railway and excerpt from The Pit by Frank Norris.
  • Add Miscellany page
  • Add C B Holmes and Asa Hovey to the Who page
  • Add items about Muni's New Year's Eve plans to news and bibliography
  • Add links to Library of Congress page about cable cars and Don's Railspot
  • Archive news stories, 1999 Anniversaries, and Jul-Dec 1999 What's New

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• 01-Dec-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Highgate Hill, London
  • Roll out Highgate Hill Cable Tramway on the Other Cities page (later moved to the Cable Trams in the UK) page. Add thanks to Stuart Jenkins
  • Roll out Los Angeles area funiculars/ Industry Hills and Getty Center on the Other California Cities page
  • Add IW Hellman to the Who page
  • Add California/Drumm and old Cal Cable barn photos to the More California Pictures page
  • Add National Geographic Carville article to bibliography
• 01-Nov-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Mount Washington, Los Angeles
  • Roll out Los Angeles area funiculars/Los Angeles and Mount Washington Railway on the Other California Cities page
  • Add Fillmore Hill counterbalance postcard to the SF page
  • Add news item and bibliography item about a collision at Washington and Taylor
• 01-Oct-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Powell and Mason, 1880's
  • Roll out More Ferries and Cliff House Pictures page
  • Roll out Los Angeles area funiculars/Court Flight and Catalina on the Other California Cities page
  • Add news item and bibliography item about a loose strand
  • Add RR Extra to links
  • Updated SF Roster page
• 01-Sep-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Angels Flight.
  • Roll out Los Angeles area funiculars/ Angels Flight on the Other California Cities page
  • Add link to new site from the Friends of the Cable Car Museum
  • Add cable car sudden stop to news and bibliography
• 01-Aug-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Mount Lowe incline.
  • Roll out Los Angeles area funiculars/ Mount Lowe on the Other California Cities page
  • Roll out articles on movies featuring cable cars and Joe Lacey's remarks on making movies and commercials with cable cars on the SF detail page
  • Add link to Bruce Kliewe's site about the Great Reconstruction
  • Add news item about the cable car bell ringing contest
  • Add magazine article about Professor Lowe's Civil War service to the bibliography
• 01-Jul-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Henry Casebolt's overhead cable line.
  • Roll out Casebolt overhead cable line on the Other California Cities page
  • Added magazine articles about New Orleans trade and St Paul history to bibliography
  • Added thanks for links to Mike Irlam, Tad Lane Creations, the Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society, and the Blickpunkt Straßenbahn.
  • Change url on NMRA directory link
  • Archive news stories and Jan-Jun 1999 What's New
• 01-Jun-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Converted San Diego Cable Railway car.
  • Roll out San Diego Cable Railway on the Other California Cities page
  • Add link to new French site about cable cars. The third site on the web.
  • Add Scott Ostler column about turntable problems to the bibliography
• 01-May-1999
  • Picture of the Month: California Street cable car in Muni colors.
  • Roll out Consolidated Piedmont Cable Railway on the Other California Cities page
  • Add More California Street Pictures page
  • Add item about California Street reopening to the news
• 01-Apr-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Oakland Cable Railway car.
  • Roll out Oakland Cable Railway on the Other California Cities page
  • Add Knott's Berry Farm cable car article to Los Angeles miscellany on the Other California Cities page
  • Add thanks/links to cable car email list and Railway Preservation News. Add links to The American Heritage Time Machine and The Engines of Our Ingenuity.
  • Add Powell and California Street pictures to the roster page
• 01-Mar-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Los Angeles Cable Railway Cape Horn viaduct.
  • Roll out Los Angeles Cable Railway/Pacific Railway on the Other California Cities page
  • Add Burgess picture to "Hyde Street Grip" page, add SSR and Norris pictures to McTeague page, and Madison Street Hill to Seattle page
• 01-Feb-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Los Angeles Temple Street Cable Railway cable train.
  • Roll out Los Angeles Temple Street Cable Railway on the Other California Cities page
  • Add car 512 toy picture to main page, Hallidie picture to Who page, and Collins Street picture to Melbourne page
  • Add SF Beautiful link to Who page
  • Add Fickeworth book to bibliography
  • Add news item about California Street conduit replacement
  • Roll out train spotting page
• 01-Jan-1999
  • Picture of the Month: Los Angeles Second Street Cable Railway cable train.
  • Roll out Other California Cities page with the Los Angeles Second Street Cable Railway
  • Add link about the Katoomba Scenic Railway to the Australia page.
  • Archive news stories, 1998 Anniversaries, and Jul-Dec 1998 What's New

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• 14-Dec-1998
  • Added "Christmas on the Cables" by Joe Lacey to the SF page.
• 01-Dec-1998
  • Picture of the Month: "A Sunday Load".
  • Add excerpts from article "The Parks of San Francisco" and "A Sunday Load" picture to the SF Miscellany section
  • Add California & Powell accident to news & bibliography
  • Fix some typos
• 01-Nov-1998
  • Picture of the Month: Broadway, NY accident.
  • Add Broadway, NY picture and two Cal Cable wreck photos to How page
  • Add information about bells & brakes to the How page
  • Add thanks to Joe Lacey and quote him on bells on the How page
  • Add article about Fillmore Hill counterbalance to the SF Miscellany section
  • Add information about turntable helpers to news & bibliography
  • Add link to EHRA, replacing SF Online link
  • Add link to Rick Russel's The Trolley Stop and Seashore Trolley Museum pages.
• 01-Oct-1998
  • Picture of the Month: URR Valencia Street Car.
  • Add MSR photo to MSR page
  • Add article about Telegraph Hill Railroad to the SF Miscellany section
  • Add powered turntable suggestion to news & bibliography
  • Add new links to Melbourne page
• 01-Sep-1998
  • Picture of the Month: Sacramento & Grant.
  • Move Omnibus Railroad to separate page. Add more information about the company. Add inline Union Hall picture.
  • Add 125th anniversary to news & bibliography
  • Add guest book
  • Add Section 16.100 of the San Francisco City Charter and current route map to the SF Miscellany section
  • Created news archive. Moved GSPO powerhouse & Mrs Klussman stories
  • Start moving back to subdirectories
• 01-Aug-1998
  • The 125th Anniversary of the cable car
  • Picture of the Month: Clay & Leavenworth.
  • Roll out three new pages: Who, Why, and a Site Map
  • Move Presidio & Ferries to separate page. Add more information about the company. Add inline 1906 & steam dummy pictures.
  • Add Powell/Post accident to News and Bibliography
  • Finish changing link colors and adding height/width to all pictures
• 01-July-1998
  • Picture of the Month: Melbourne cable tram.
  • Roll out Other Cities page featuring Melbourne, Australia
  • Add News previews about bell ringing contest & 125th anniversary party
• 01-June-1998
  • Picture of the Month: Washington & Mason.
  • Move SF Muni to separate page. Add more information about the company. Add inline W/M picture & move Hyde St Hill picture from roster page.
  • Add excerpt from Chapter One of McTeague to SF detail page.
• 01-May-1998
  • Picture of the Month: Powell & Post.
  • Move Ferries & Cliff House Railway to separate page. Add more information about the company and its steam dummy operations. Add Powell/Post, Powell/Geary & steam dummy pictures.
• 01-April-1998
  • Moved site from AOL to GeoCities.
  • Picture of the Month: Geary St/Central Ave.
  • Moved Geary Street Park and Ocean Railway to its own page
  • Add current fare information to SF detail page.

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