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What is the hardest thing about training to be a cable car gripman?
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Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
The actor, writer and director worked as a cable car gripman in San Francisco, which was the subject of his first book The Big Heart.
—Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2021
Val Lupiz, another gripman, said the buzz around the cable car barn is that another cable car could be rolled out and parked for visitors at the Beach and Hyde streets turntable if the Powell Street photo opp is a success.
—Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 26 Sep. 2020
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Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
The actor, writer and director worked as a cable car gripman in San Francisco, which was the subject of his first book The Big Heart.
—Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2021
Val Lupiz, another gripman, said the buzz around the cable car barn is that another cable car could be rolled out and parked for visitors at the Beach and Hyde streets turntable if the Powell Street photo opp is a success.
—Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 26 Sep. 2020
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“Gripman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gripman. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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