September 2023 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- September1, 2023

I just put the August 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: On the day of the sesquicentennial, Gripman and historian Val Lupiz and conductor Derrick Johnson pose with the One Spot. They operated the car that day. Please excuse the tilt; I think the photo captures an important moment.
2. On the Centennial and Sesquicentennial of the Birth of the Cable Car page:
   Added a new article about the Cable Car Sesquicentennial Celebration.
3. On the Who page: Added new photos of Fannie Barnes and Andrew S Hallidie
4. Added a News item about San Francisco's Trolley Titan, United Railroads of San Francisco, a new book by Emiliano Echeverria with Walter Rice, and Michael Dolgushkin with Paul Trimble
5. Archived June 2023 What's New

Ten years ago this month (September, 2013):

1. Picture of the Month: A cartoon from the 01-January-1889 Pittsburg Dispatch shows the new and the old of Pittsburg. "Cable cars to all parts of the city" is part of the new. Pittsburgh tried to drop the "h" for a time in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
2. On the Pennsylvania page: The Pittsburgh Traction Company, Pittsburgh's first Hallidie-type cable car line
3. On the Who page: Added a profile from the Street Railway Journal about prolific cable traction engineer Andrew D Whitton. Also Henry Casebolt's profile
4. On the Horse Car Home Page: A 1927 Photoplay photo from Harold Lloyd's movie Speedy
5. Added News item about Cal Cable tracks and conduit dug up near Scott Street

Twenty years ago this month (September, 2003):

Picture of the Month: A rainy day at Hayes and Van Ness in 1890

Added more photos to the Market Street Cable Railway and More Market Street Pictures pages. Thumbnailed pictures on page with excerpt from "South of the Slot" by Jack London

Rolled out new page about the Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest

Added information about new cable car fares.

Added 1903 phone numbers for several SF companies.

150 Years Ago This Month (September, 1873): September 1 - The Clay Street Hill Cable Railroad started revenue service

125 Years Ago This Month (September, 1898): September 16 - The Vine Street Cable Railway (Cincinnati, OH) closed

Coming in October, 2023: More about the 150th birthday of the cable cars

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-September-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 31-August-2023)
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/

Cable Car Sesquicentennial Celebration -- August 2, 2023

Today my wonderful and patient wife accompanied me to the Cable Car Sesquicentennial Celebration at Powell and Market. There was a good crowd, and many were in costumes from various eras. I had a nice chat with Emperor Norton. Our host was Rick Laubscher of today's Market Street Railway. The PA system was weak and it was hard to hear some of the speakers. Representative Nancy Pelosi, Mayor London Breed, Supervisor Aaron Peskin, and many others spoke. Andrew S Hallidie had a few remarks. 

Powell Street Car One, which was built to celebrate the Centennial in 1973, was beautifully decorated by Val Lupiz, who also pulled the grip today. The VIPs rode away on the car.

Senator Dianne Feinstein was scheduled to be there, but she wasn't feeling well. 

June, 2022 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- June 1, 2022

I just put the June 2022 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: "Disastrous Collision Between a Trolley and a Cable Car." (Source: San Francisco Examiner, 24-February-1897)
2. On the Ferries & Cliff House Railway page: An 1897 article about a collision between a Powell Street cable car and an Ellis Street electric car.
3. Added News item about gripman Val Lupiz being featured on the local television news.
4. Changed toy cable car picture on the main page to a "2 Classic Streetcars" set.

Ten years ago this month (June, 2012):
1. Picture of the Month: Brooklyn Heights Railroad Montague Street cable cars at the Wall Street Ferry terminal, from the 18-July-1897 New York Tribune
2. On the Cable Car Lines in New York and New Jersey page: More about the Brooklyn Heights Railroad, including items from the Street Railway Journal
3. On the Cable Car Lines in Ohio page: Added two Street Railway Journal items about Cleveland's Brooklyn Street Railroad/South Side Railway, both owned by Tom L Johnson, one of which had an experimental cable installation using the Johnson Ladder Cable System
4. On the Who page: Added a profile from the Street Railway Journal and an obituary from Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader about cable traction engineer Robert Gillham

Twenty years ago this month (June, 2002):
1. Picture of the Month: Warning sign at Washington/Mason barn.
2. Add Brooklyn's Brooklyn Heights Railroad to the Cable Car Lines in New York and New Jersey page.
3. Roll out new page of newspaper articles about cable cars, with articles about the end of the Pacific Avenue line and a 1935 accident at Powell and California.
4. Add photos to the San Francisco Municipal Railway page and make images into thumbnails. Also thumbnailed photos on roster page. Mentioned car 524's 1950 visit to LA
5. Add grip and yoke photos to the How page and add link to cable car bell wav file. Also add background sound to cover page.
6. Add News and bibliography items about California Street cable break and new cable car book.
7. Split Links and Selected Articles from Manufacturer and Builder (3/ 4) pages into two pages because of new Geocities page size limit.

125 years ago this month (June, 1897):
June 14 - The Citizens Traction Company of Pittsburgh stopped its cables and converted to electric operation.

Coming in July, 2022: 

On the Cable Car Lines in San Francisco page: Newspaper stories about some accidents in 1922

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

Joe Thompson
The Cable Car Home Page (updated 01-June-2022)
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-November-2021)
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/