The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

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

June, 2018 Picture of the Month: In November, 2011, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which controls the San Francisco Municipal Railway, put up some ads to celebrate Muni's distinctive features, like the cable cars, as part of Muni's upcoming centennial year. New in June, 2018: On the San Francisco Municipal Railway page: A ten and twenty year update on the San Francisco Municipal Railway, the only remaining operator of Hallidie-type cable cars. Coming in July, 2018: On the Cable Tramways in Australia and New Zealand page: A ten and twenty year update on the Melbourne Tramways and Omnibus Company, which operated cable trams until 1940 Also Coming in July, 2018: On the Other Cities page: A ten year update on the Cable Tramway Company of Omaha Enter Copyright 1996-2018 by Joe Thompson. All rights reserved.

1996 -- The Cable Car Home Page - 20 Years -- 2016 November, 2016 marked the 20th 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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