Original Cabin #2

Original Cabin #2. One of the two original tram cars that made the inaugural trip up Chino Canyon on September 12, 1963, it made over 175,000 round trips by the time it was retired in June 2000. , The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway was the longest and steepest Tramway in the world when it opened in 1963. , The Tramway was considered an Engineering Marvel, because of the use of helicopters in transporting men and material to the Mountain Station and four of the five towers. , Cabin Specifications , Manufacturer: Von Roll Tramways, Thun, Switzerland , Material: Aircraft aluminum , Passenger Capacity: 80 passangers and 1 operator , Length: 18 ft long , Height inside: 9 ft , Drive: 1,000 HP DC Hoist Motor , Maximum Traveling Speed: 8 meters per second or 18mph or 1600 feet per minute , Each cabin had the ability to carry an 800 gallon water tank to supply the Mountain Station with all of its water. , All equipment and supplied for the Mountain Station were carried up the mountain inside the cabin. , The red car (cabin 1) was affectionally called Crocker after Francis Crocker the father of the Tramway and the blue car (cabin 2) as Coffman after Earl Coffman the main support for the building of the Tramway. , Many television shows and movies were filmed on the original Tram cars like Columbo, Mission Impossible, Kotch and Matt Helm.