The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

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

November, 2026 Picture of the Month: Non-existent Powell Street Car 30. Generated by AI (Microsoft Copilot).

New for November, 2026:
The Thirtieth Anniversary of The Cable Car Home Page - November, 1996 - November, 2026.

On the Why page: "30 Years in the Hole," a new article about where I have been and where I am going with the site.

Coming in December, 2026: With Christmas coming, it's a good time to visit the late Joe Lacey's article Christmas on the Cables, and the Decorated Cable Cars page.

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Copyright 1996-2026 by Joe Thompson. All rights reserved.

1996 -- The Cable Car Home Page - 30 Years -- 2026 November, 2026 is the 30th anniversary of this website. I wish I had written down the date I started it. That is pretty darn old for a website.

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).

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