Talk:San Francisco cable car system

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The definition of 'importance=high' is 'Most readers will at least be familiar with the topic being discussed'. The San Francisco cable car system is an icon for the city and as such is known world-wide. It clearly fits this importance scale better than 'importance=mid' which is defined as 'The article is about a topic within rail transport that may or may not be commonly known outside the rail transport industry'. -- Chris j wood 12:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[How do they work?] Neat that in like 1,000 words no one actually manages to explain how cable cars work, how they are powered, or little things like exactly why they were well-suited to hilly terrain such as is prevalent in San Francisco. But kudos for hitting the important stuff, like who patented the grips, and which lines were spared the bus in the '40s. And no, I don't feel like fixing it, thanks.07:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)07:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)68.35.160.2 yourself.

The link to cable car in the first sentence explains how they function. n2xjk 14:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)