| Foreword: Not to Be Forgotten | p. 9 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 13 |
| Introduction: Chicago's Central Role in Cable Car History | p. 15 |
| South Side Car Barn Bandits | p. 97 |
| Cable Cars on the West Side | p. 133 |
| Demise of Chicago's Cable Cars | p. 153 |
| Cable Cars Around the Country | p. 167 |
| Afterword | p. 185 |
| Chicago's Cable Car Remnants | p. 175 |
| How Cable Cars Work | p. 27 |
| The Cable Car Experience | p. 43 |
| Cable Cars on the North Side | p. 121 |
| Before Cable Cars: Horse Power | p. 57 |
| Cable Cars Arrive on the Scene | p. 69 |
| Cable Cars on the South Side | p. 75 |
| Transit Titan, Cable Car Czar | p. 103 |
| Bibliography | p. 187 |
| Chicago's Cable Car Mail Service | p. 147 |
| About the Author | p. 191 |