The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

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

September, 2024 Picture of the Month: Leomine Gray, "Sensational Queen of Piano and Song" did a remote broadcast from the Cable Car Village, a San Francisco nightclub, over radio station KYA on Sundays. (Source: San Francisco Examiner, 1952-July-26). New in September, 2024: On the Cable Car Businesses page: Updated the article about the Cable Car Hotel with newspaper items about the Cable Car Village, a nightclub which once operated on the premises 01-September-2024 is the 151st anniversary of the Clay Street Hill Railroad starting revenue service. Coming in October, 2024: On the Other Cities page: A ten year update about the Cable Tramway Company of Omaha Enter Copyright 1996-2024 by Joe Thompson. All rights reserved.

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).

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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