Wednesday, March 1, 2023

March, 2023 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- March 1, 2023

I just put the March 2023 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: Car 81 makes the final trip of Tacoma's cable railway (Source: "Writing Finis To Tacoma Cable Car History," Tacoma News-Tribune, 08-April-1938, page 1.)
2. On the Cable Cars in the Pacific Northwest page: More pictures and information about the Tacoma Railway and Motor Company, including newspaper items about the end of the line.
3. Also on the Cable Cars in the Pacific Northwest page: Updates to the article about Tacoma's Steve's Cable Car Room.
4. Added News item about a derailment

Ten years ago this month (March, 2013):
1. Picture of the Month: Looking up the Eleventh Street hill in Tacoma as a cable car climbs the hill. (Source: "Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, Astoria," The Street Railway Journal, May, 1893. Volume IX, Number 5.
2. On the Cable Cars in the Pacific Northwest page: More pictures and information about the Tacoma Railway and Motor Company, including selected articles from The Street Railway Journal.
3. Added The Sprague Electric Railway System to Selected Articles from Manufacturer and Builder
4. Added News item about an accident on Powell Street and updated news item about the work at California and Drumm

Twenty years ago this month (March, 2003):
1. Picture of the Month: Portland, Oregon cable car
2. Add the Portland Cable Railway to the Cable Cars in the Pacific Northwest page
3. Thumbnail pictures on the California Street Cable Railroad and More California Street Pictures pages.
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Coming in April, 2023: On the Cable Car Kitsch page: More collectible items

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

Joe Thompson
The Cable Car Home Page (updated 01-March-2023)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/
San Francisco Bay Ferryboats (updated 31-January-2020)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ferry/
Park Trains and Tourist Trains (updated 30-September-2022)
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/

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