May 2021 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- May 1, 2021

 

Street Railway Journal, June, 1893

The Cable Car Home Page will be 25 years old in November.

I just put the May, 2021 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: Market Street Railway manufactured its own wire ropes at the Market and Valencia powerhouse using this scary-looking piece of machinery. (Source: "San Francisco, the Birthplace of the Cable Railway" by Charles B Fairchild, Street Railway Journal, June, 1893)
2. On the Cable Car Lines in San Francisco page: "San Francisco, the Birthplace of the Cable Railway," by Charles B Fairchild, >The Street Railway Journal, June, 1893. A detailed article about transit in San Francisco.
3. On the Cable Car Lines in Ohio page: A ten year update about Cincinnati's Vine Street Cable Railway, including an image of and excerpt about the corner of Fifth and Walnut Streets, where many lines, cable, electric and horse, came together.
4. Added News item about the pandemic and the potential return of the cable cars

Ten years ago this month (May, 2011):
1. The picture of the month: Vine Street Cable Railway car 258 is shown at Vine and Molitor Streets in Cincinnati, with a grip on display
2. On the new Cable Car Lines in Ohio page: A new article about Cincinnati's Vine Street Cable Railway.
3. Added News and Bibliography items about a Powell/Hyde shutdown and the passing of gripman Floyd Moore

Twenty years ago this quarter (Spring, 2001):
1. Picture of the Quarter: Will Clark riding on cable car
2. Add more items to the Kitsch page, including stamps and magazine advertisements.
3. Add Selected articles from Manufacturer and Builder Magazine (1880-1884) to the Miscellany page.
4. Update How Do Cable Cars Work? page. Changed images to thumbnails. Added girder rail image from Randy Hees and other new images.
5. Bob Murphy provided a photograph of the Gertrude Street Cable Winding House, which I added to the Melbourne article. Peter Vawser provided additional information about Melbourne cable tramways.
6. Add links to Kavanaugh Transit site, North American Vintage Trolley Systems and many others.
7. Add News and Bibliography items about a truck knocking down Seattle's Iron Pergola.
8. Add News and Bibliography items about Angel's Flight runaway accident. Also updated the Los Angeles Area Funiculars page.
9. Move Kalakala article to my ferry web site.
10. Change toy cable car picture on the main page to car 51.
11. Move "The Los Angeles Cable Railway" article from Scientific American (courtesy of Tom Ehrenreich) to another server.

Coming in June, 2021:

 On the Cable Car Lines in Ohio page: A ten year update on Cincinnati's Mount Auburn Cable Railway.

125 years ago this month:

May 01 - The Portland Cable Railway was cut back to the trestle.
May 27 - A cyclone tore the roof of the powerhouse of the Peoples' Railway of Saint Louis

75 years ago this month:

May 20 - The San Francisco Municipal Railway raised its basic fare from $0.07 to $0.10.

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