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

San Francisco Examiner, 13-July-1952

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Subject: December, 2023 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- December 1, 2023

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I just put the December 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: Santa waits on the roof of the Santa Express, which will carry him to the Emporium. Note that this item appeared in July, 1952, so it must be a photo of Santa's 1951 ride. (Source: San Francisco Examiner, 1952-07-13).
2. With Christmas coming, it's a good time to visit the late Joe Lacey's article Christmas on the Cables (23rd anniversary this year), and the Decorated Cable Cars page. Added a photo of Santa riding atop a cable car and a 1952 Emporium ad about the Santacade Christmas on the Cables.
3. Added News item about the passing of gripman and bell ringing contest champ Al Quintana and the APEC 2023 Conference in San Francisco and its effect on the cable cars.

Ten years ago this month (December, 2013):

1. Picture of the Month: Pittsburgh's Monongahela inclines.
2. On the Pennsylvania page: The Pittsburgh Inclines, Pittsburgh's still-functioning funiculars, including The Inclined Planes, an 1891 article from the Street Railway Journal
3. Thanks to Keith Anderson, on the Cable Car Lines in the UK page, new photos of the Glasgow District Subway's Scotland Street powerhouse and a new exhibit at the Glasgow Riverside Museum. Keith is writing a book and is looking for photos of stations taken before 1950. Thanks to John Dabrowski for some memories of the subway.
4. On the Who page: Added a profile from the Street Railway Journal about James W Harris, who worked for the California Street Cable Railroad for more than 60 years
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. Thanks to Val Lupiz, we have photos of car 25 decorated for Christmas 2013.
6. Added News item about a visit by President Obama to the Chinatown Rec Center and its affect on the cable cars

Twenty years ago this month (December, 2003):

1. Picture of the Month: Christmas tree with cable cars
2. Added the December installment of Val Lupiz's quarterly column, Tales From the Grip
3. On the San Francisco page: Added photos of Christmas decorations to Joe Lacey's article Christmas on the Cables.

175 Years Ago This Month (December, 1848): Dec 05 - President James K Polk formally told the US Congress about gold in California November 1 - The Brooklyn Elevated Railway (New York, NY) began running its trains across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan, using the New York & Brooklyn Bridge's cable line.

Coming in January, 2024: More about the the Johnstown Inclined Plane.

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

The Cable Car Home Page also has an Instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/cable_car_guy/

Joe Thompson
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