Cable tramways - or in North America, cable cars - were once common in cities across the United States. But famously, San Francisco is the only American city that still operates them today. Less famously, the United Kingdom used to have cable tramways too. And one of them still survives! But why did all the others die out? I went to the Welsh San Francisco to find out more... INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO: https://greatorme.org.uk/tramhistory.html IMAGE CREDITS Cable car grip mechanism by HaeB - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grip_of_a_cable_car,_jaws_closed_(at_the_SF_Cable_Car_Museum).jpg Seattle Bus - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1937_Ford_Transit_Bus_in_Seattle,_when_new.jpg