The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

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

February, 2026 Picture of the Month: In 1958, former Mornington Tramway trailer 167 was restored and sent to the Transit Museum in Matahoke. (Source: The Christchurch Press, 01-October-1958)

New for February, 2026:
On the Decorated Cable Cars page: A ten year update about Dunedin, New Zealand's Mornington Tramway, the last Hallidie-type cable tram line to operate outside of San Francisco. More newspaper items.

Coming in March, 2026:
On the Cable Tramways in Australia and New Zealand page: A ten year update about Dunedin, New Zealand's Maryhill Extension, known as "The Big Dipper."

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

1996 -- The Cable Car Home Page - 30 Years -- 2026 November, 2026 will be 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