For cable car systems where the vehicles are suspended and not on rails, see aerial tramway or gondola lift, both types of aerial lift.Cable Car in San Francisco - double-ended car (California line)
A San Francisco cable car - single-ended car (Hyde/Powell lines)
Winding drums on the London and Blackwall cable-operated railway, 1840.
A San Francisco cable car travels along California Street in the city's Financial District.
A cable car or cable railway is a mass transit system using rail cars that are propelled 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.
(from wikipedia)
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