November 2026 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- November 1, 2026

I launched The Cable Car Home Page on AOL thirty years ago, in November 1996.

I just put the November 2026 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: Non-existent Powell Street Car 30. Generated by AI (Microsoft Copilot).
2. The Thirtieth Anniversary of The Cable Car Home Page - November, 1996 - November, 2026
3. On the Why page: "30 Years in the Hole," a new article about where I have been and where I am going with the site.
4. Added News and Chronology items about gripman Val Lupiz being knighted by Emperor Norton
5. On the Motion Pictures Which Feature Cable Cars page: I added screen shots to the article about the film noir Woman on the Run

Ten years ago this month (November 2016):

1. Picture of the Month:
2. An 1894 photo of a Saint Paul City Railway grip and trailer cable train. (Source: Minneapolis Journal / 22-September-1935 and Minnesota Historical Society, Accession number YR1956.3944)
3. On the Other Cities page: A ten year update about the St Paul City Railway. This was my last new article about a Hallidie-type cable car line until I discover one I missed or the people in Dunedin open a new one.
4. On the Who page: A new item about Thomas Lowry, who founded the St Paul City Railway.
5. On the More Muni Photos page: Muni's 2026 Heritage Weekend
6. On the Motion Pictures Which Feature Cable Cars page: I added an article about the movie Yours, Mine and Ours
7. On the Cable Cars in Pennsylvania page: An update about the reopening of the Johnstown Inclined Plane

Twenty years ago this month (November 2006):

1. 15-Nov-2006
2. Added News item about the 25th Annual Senior Citizen's Holiday Luncheon, hosted by the people of the Cable Car Division

   01-Nov-2006

3. Picture of the Month:
4. A photo of Car 10 and a special tenth anniversary dash sign by Val Lupiz
5. Tenth Anniversary - November, 1996 - November, 2006
6. Added "Ten Years After" to the Why page -- what has changed since I started this site
7. Added a new page on Old-Time Radio Shows Which Feature Cable Cars, with an 07-Jul-1949 episode of Candy Matson and 09-January-1938 and 30-March-1947 episodes of The Jack Benny Show.
8. Added News and Bibliography items about repeated shutdowns and an obituary for mechanic Rick Fong

In January 2024 I started on a long overdue process of cleaning things up on my site. I started with the development pages.

Actually, I guess I started the year before with making most thumbnails 200 pixels instead of 100.

25 years ago - 2001
Nov 11 - A fire broke out in a car of the Swiss Gletscherbahn Kaprun (Kaprun Glacier Railway) funicular as it passed through its tunnel. 3500 meters of the 3900-meter line run in the tunnel. 155 people died. The fire was started by an improperly ventilated electric heater in one of the operator cabs. The line was built in 1974

Coming in December 2026: With Christmas coming, it's a good time to visit the late Joe Lacey's article Christmas on the Cables, and the Decorated Cable Cars page.

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
The Cable Car Home Page (updated 01-November-2026)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/
San Francisco Bay Ferryboats (updated 31-October-2024)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ferry/
Park Trains and Tourist Trains (updated 30-June-2026)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ptrain/
The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion (updated spasmodically)
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com
The Big V Riot Squad (updated obsessively)
http://bigvriotsquad.blogspot.com/