The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

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

July, 2019 Picture of the Month: Car 16 on Powell at Sutter. It was built by Carter Brothers to support Sacramento/Clay service to the Midwinter Fair. September 2001. Photo by Joe Thompson. New in July, 2019: On the Other California Cities page: A ten and twenty year update on Henry Casebolt's experimental overhead cable car line Also New in July, 2019: Rolled out the new San Francisco 1894, the Midwinter Fair page Coming in August: On the Los Angeles area funiculars page: More about the Mount Lowe incline Enter Copyright 1996-2019 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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