December, 2019 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- December 12, 2019

Due to some family medical issues, I am shamefully late in putting out my December updates.

I just put the December, 2019 version of my Cable Car Home Page on the server:
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/


It includes some new items:
1. Picture of the Month: Big 19 lays over at California and Drumm. November 2019.
2. With Christmas coming, it's a good time to visit the late Joe Lacey's article Christmas on the Cables (22nd anniversary this year), and the Decorated Cable Cars page. Added list of cars decorated for Christmas, 2019.
3. On the More Muni Photos page: Big 19 -- Return to Duty -- 2019
4. On the Cable Trams in the UK page: A ten and twenty year update about London's Highgate Hill Cable Tramway, including a new photo
5. On the Cable Car Lines in Saint Louis page: An update about the Loop Trolley, which may be suspended by the end of the year.


Ten years ago this month (December, 2009):
1. Picture of the Month: The proposed incline and improvements in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. From the Los Angeles Herald, 27-August-1905.
2. On the Los Angeles area funiculars page: Roll out a new article about the proposed Griffith Park Incline Railway, including newspaper articles:
- Griffth Park Incline Proposed (Los Angeles Herald, Sunday, August 27, 1905)
- Griffth Park Incline Needs More Time (Los Angeles Herald, Thursday, November 28, 1907)
3. Also on the Los Angeles area funiculars page: More about the Industry Hills Incline including its current status
4. On the Cable Trams in the UK, more about London's Highgate Hill Cable Tramway, including an entry from Baedeker's guidebook for 1889. Also an illustrated paper, Cable Tramways, concentrating on Highgate Hill, that engineer William Newby Colam presented to the Society of Engineers in 1885
5. With Christmas coming, it's a good time to visit Joe Lacey's article Christmas on the Cables, and the Decorated Cable Cars page.
6. Added a new photo of Janelle Wang of Channel 7 performing with the 49er Cheerleaders at the 47th Annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest
7. Added News and Bibliography items about Woody Labounty's Carville book
8. Added News and Bibliography items about a sudden stop on Powell Street and the last Carville house


Twenty years ago this month (December, 1999):
1. Picture of the Month: Highgate Hill, London
2. Roll out Highgate Hill Cable Tramway on the Other Cities page. Add thanks to Stuart Jenkins
3. Roll out Los Angeles area funiculars/Industry Hills and Getty Center on the Other California Cities page
4. Add IW Hellman to the Who page
5. Add California/Drumm and old Cal Cable barn photos to the More California Pictures page
6. Add National Geographic Carville article to bibliography

Coming in January, 2020: On the Cable Car Lines in Chicago page: A ten and twenty year update about the Chicago City Railway, one of the most successful companies in the industry

The Cable Car Home Page now has a Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CableCarHomePage/

Joe Thompson
The Cable Car Home Page (updated 01-December-2019)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/
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http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ferry/
Park Trains and Tourist Trains (updated 31-July-2019)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ptrain/
The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion (updated spasmodically)
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com
The Big V Riot Squad (new blog)
http://bigvriotsquad.blogspot.com/