The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

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

February, 2023 Picture of the Month: Two cars of the Portland Cable Railway pass on the trestle's 20% grade. (Source: "Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, Astoria," The Street Railway Journal, May, 1893. Volume IX, Number 5.) New in February, 2023: On the Cable Cars in the Pacific Northwest page: More pictures and information about cable cars in Portland, Oregon, including newspaper accounts of the operations of the company. Coming in March, 2023: On the Cable Cars in the Pacific Northwest page: More pictures and information about the Tacoma Railway and Motor Company Enter Copyright 1996-2023 by Joe Thompson. All rights reserved.

1996 -- The Cable Car Home Page - 25 Years -- 2021 November, 2021 was the 25th anniversary of this website. I wish I had written down the date I started it.

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

Joe Thompson

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