The Cable Car Home Page

by Joe Thompson

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

March, 2014 Picture of the Month: The Pittsburgh Traction Company's double reverse curve on Soho Hill. (Source: "Pittsburgh and Allegheny,"from "Pittsburgh and Allegheny") New in March, 2014: On the Cable Cars in Pennsylvania page: Excerpts from "Pittsburgh and Allegheny," an article from the October, 1891 Street Railway Journal about street railways in the two cities Also new in March, 2014: On the Cable Cars in Pennsylvania page: A new article about the Allegheny Portage Railroad, the first railroad to cross the Alleghenys, using inclined planes Coming in April, 2014: More collectible junk on the Kitsch page Also Coming in April, 2014: On the Cable Car Models page: A beautiful model of a Melbourne cable tram Enter Frames version Copyright 1996-2014 by Joe Thompson. All rights reserved.

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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