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

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Ten Years Ago

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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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