The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

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

February, 2012 Picture of the Month: Birmingham cable tram 104. Thank you to John Perkin. All rights reserved. "The cars on all the tramways are long, narrow, double-decked, ugly, and dirty affairs, having no kind of conveniences or provisions for the comfort of the traveling public. No American city would tolerate such hideous things..." -- Report from United States Consul Jarrett, published in 1892. New in February, 2012: On the Cable Tram Lines in the UK page: Thanks to John Perkin, more about the Birmingham Central Tramways Company. Coming in March, 2012: On the Cable Car Lines in New York and New Jersey page: More about the experimental cable car installation on Newark's Essex Passenger Railway and Newark and Irvington Street Railway Enter Frames version Copyright 1996-2012 by Joe Thompson. All rights reserved.

The rattlesnake's "... eye excelled in brightness that of any other animal, and ... she has no eye-lids. She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance. She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage ... (S)he never wounds 'till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of treading on her." "An American Guesser" (probably Benjamin Franklin), 27-Dec-1775

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

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