Roslyn Cable Cars - "ALWAYS ROOM for another one !"

Pictures from The Evening Star of 6th October 1951
Three tram types
THE ROSLYN CABLE CARS were once met by electric trams at the junction, the latter running to Maori Hill. The electric service was replaced by buses on July 1, 1936. The power house for the electric trams can be seen in the background.
 Powerhouse wheels
THE HUGE WHEELS in the engine sheds, Kaikorai Valley, that keep the cable running.
Cablecar at cutting
THE CUTTING, the well known dip from just below the Belleknowes golf course. The bridge is in Queens Drive. What will be done with the cutting after the cable cars have gone has not yet been decided, but part of it may be filled in.
 Stuck in snow in Rattray Street
IT TAKES MUCH TO STOP the cable cars. They kept running through most of the big snow of 1939, when this picture was taken.
Roslyn car at cathedral
ONE OF THE EARLIER CARS on the Roslyn route, which has the distinction of having in it the first curve constructed on a cable car line. This picture, taken in 1894, shows the curve and loop below St. Joseph's Cathedral.
 Roslyn car enters Frasers Road sheds
THE END OF THE LINE. - The cable car shed and engine room in Kaikorai Valley at the foot of the steep dip from Highgate.
Cablecar fully laden
A fully loaded cable car heads up the hill on it's way to Kaikorai Valley..