DSchmitt ROBERT WILLISON How many cities did or do cable cars operate in now or in the past ? Traditional Systems USA Built and operated 1) San Francisco CA - 8 cable car lines, 2) Chicago IL - 3 lines, 3) Philadelphia PA - 1 line 4) Kansas City MO - 6 lines, 5) Cincinnati OH - 3 lines, 6) New York NY - 3 lines, 7) Los Angeles CA - 3 lines, 8) Binghamton NY - 1 line, 9) Hoboken NJ - 1 line, 10) St Louis MO - 5 lines, 11) Oakland CA - 2 lines, 12) Brooklyn NY - 2 lines, 13) Omaha NB - 1 line, 14) St Paul MN - 1 line, 15) Newark NJ - 1 line, 16) Grand Rapids MI - 1 line, 17) Pittsburgh PA - 3 lines, 18) Seattle WA - 5 lines, 19) Denver CO - 2 lines, 20) Butte MT - 1 line, 21) Souix City IA - 1 line, 22) Spokane WA - 1 line, 23) Providence RI - 1 line, 24) Portland OR - 1 line, 25) Washington DC - 2 lines, 26) San Diego CA - 1 line, 27) Clevland OH - 1 line, 28) Baltimore MD - 2 lines, 29) Tacoma WA - 1 line
ROBERT WILLISON How many cities did or do cable cars operate in now or in the past ?
How many cities did or do cable cars operate in now or in the past ?
Traditional Systems
USA
Built and operated
1) San Francisco CA - 8 cable car lines, 2) Chicago IL - 3 lines, 3) Philadelphia PA - 1 line 4) Kansas City MO - 6 lines, 5) Cincinnati OH - 3 lines, 6) New York NY - 3 lines, 7) Los Angeles CA - 3 lines, 8) Binghamton NY - 1 line, 9) Hoboken NJ - 1 line, 10) St Louis MO - 5 lines, 11) Oakland CA - 2 lines, 12) Brooklyn NY - 2 lines, 13) Omaha NB - 1 line, 14) St Paul MN - 1 line, 15) Newark NJ - 1 line, 16) Grand Rapids MI - 1 line, 17) Pittsburgh PA - 3 lines, 18) Seattle WA - 5 lines, 19) Denver CO - 2 lines, 20) Butte MT - 1 line, 21) Souix City IA - 1 line, 22) Spokane WA - 1 line, 23) Providence RI - 1 line, 24) Portland OR - 1 line, 25) Washington DC - 2 lines, 26) San Diego CA - 1 line, 27) Clevland OH - 1 line, 28) Baltimore MD - 2 lines, 29) Tacoma WA - 1 line
Chicago had (depending on what you mean by lines) 3 cable car companies but had 10 routes or what I would call lines. This was the largest system in America if not the world.
Projected not built
1) Dalas TX - 1 line, 2) St Joseph MO - 2 lines, 3) Boston MA - 1 line, 4) Minneaopolis MN - 1 line, 5) Millwaukee WI - 1 line, 6) Lincoln NB - 1 line
Other Countries
1) Dunedin New Zealand - 5 lines, 2) Melbourne Australia - 1 line, 3) Sydney Australia - 3 lines 4) London England - 2 lines, 5) Birmingham England - 1 line, 6) Matlock England - 1 line, 7) Glasgow Scotland - 1 line, 8) Edinburgh Scotland - 1 line, 9) Douglas Isle Of Man - 1 line, 10) Paris France - 1 line, Lisbon Portuhal - 3 lines
Source: The Cable Car in America by George W. Hilton
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_car_(railway)#Cities_currently_operating_cable_cars list a couple other cities in US: Tulsa Oklahoma and Wichita Kansas. and Countries: Colombia and Philippines
Per Wikipedia: San Francisco is probably has the only trabitional systems still operating.
"Traditional system" defined per Wikipedia: "A cable car in the context of mass transit is a system using rail cars that are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required. Cable cars are distinct from funiculars, where the cars are permanently attached to the cable, and cable railways, which are similar to funiculars, but where the rail vehicles are attached and detached manually."
The systems in Hilton's book are traditional systems by this definition.
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
Even San Francisco debated decades ago as to whether to retire the cable cars. In the end they decided to keep them since they're a part of the citys history and a famous attraction.
But for everyone else, it's a technology that's come and gone.
No. They will not come back. There are so many more better technologies available today.
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Highly unlikely. Cable-car technology was replaced by electric streetcars beginning around 1900. Cable cars are good on steep hills but don't handle curves very well, they are also maintenance-intensive.
Will cable cars like the ones in San Francisco make a comeback to cities that want light rail but are really hilly?
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