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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The fall foliage in the Adirondacks yesterday

Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Union Pacific is trying to merge/buy Norfolk Southern, if it happens it will be the biggest railroad merger in history, and will make UP the first to have a true Transcontinental railroad from East to West Coasts. I talk about all of the details here:

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America's First *Real* Transcontinental Railroad might Happen

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yeah SEPTA sucks sometimes, but never have I felt better about the city having an entirely electrified regional rail system then now

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The end of the summer here in Philadelphia. From my thrifted Yashica Electro 35

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

When Boomers and older Gen X grew up, American cities were entirely different places. Those formative experiences have shaped our present day political environments, so lets talk about what exactly they experienced in the 60s-80s in this Armchair Urbanist!

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Why Boomers hate cities

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I absolutely adore the streets here in Old San Juan. I just wish the rest of the city was this accessible without a car

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A Philadelphia Summer on film (Cinestill 400d)

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The SpaceX IPO is really going to be the first domino that takes everything down. >S&P 500 rules are waved to fast track SpaceX into the fund >Mutual Funds will be forced to buy SpaceX stock using retirement funds & 401ks Cont....

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Conrail 2, except it's a shittier manifestation: ChudRail

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Compared to the other half of Philly my ballot was very low stakes, but still go out and vote today to be heard!

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

So jealous because here in Philly it's been 2 years since a Doctor was killed in one of the busiest bike lanes in the city and our Mayor Cherelle Parker has yet to even change a single thing about those streets. What an embarrassment of a Mayor we have.

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I was apparently way to optimistic 5 years ago

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

How badly did your section of the country fumble it's time and money on bad infrastructure? I made a very vibes based map on my travel experiences

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High Speed Rail Alliance @hsrail.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Coming up next! Join us on Friday, April 24 at noon CDT for a virtual panel event with some of your favorite transit creators (Trains Are Awesome, Car Free Keith, and Alan Fisher). We'll explore the future of Amtrak, the role of influencers in train advocacy, and how to get everybody "all aboard."

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TrainTubers: A Panel of Creators United by Transit | High Speed Rail Alliance

Thom de Boo (Trains Are Awesome), Keith Davis (Car Free Ketih), and Alan Fisher join us for a virtual panel about trains, content, and more.

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

There is a proposal in the Federal Department of Transportation right now to possibly break up Amtrak into 3 companies under a single holding company. Why? There are not many details at the moment, but I take a few guesses in this video: youtu.be/g53xTWjESyE

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Are the Feds Privatizing Amtrak?

YouTube video by Alan Fisher

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Amtrak's Newest Train on film Their "Airo" trainset in Cascades livery looks fantastic on Fuji 200

Locomotive Cab with Union station reflections

Airo or Charger locomotive in Cascades Colors

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The Train that will define Amtrak for the next few decades has just arrived. Did they miss the mark or nail it on the first try? Lets talk about it in this video: youtu.be/8JxG6ttSOmA

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Amtrak is Betting its Future on this Train

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Amtrak's Fleet is split by an east/west divide, with the Western Long Distance routes being dominated by Superliners. The Superliners will need a replacement, but there's a massive issue that we need to talk about in this new Armchair Urbanist Episode

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Amtrak’s Big Compatibility Issue

YouTube video by Alan Fisher

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

This paint job radiates such incredible boomer energy that I'd expect the horn to just be a very loud "I just wanna grill for God's sake" yell

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Btw tonight I'll be hosting a casual Chicago meetup at the Emporium Arcade bar in Logan Square at 7pm There will be plenty of urbanist and transit dorks here to hangout with

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emily north @north0fnorth.tgirl.gay · 07/11/2025

searching for the perfect record with @alanthefisher.bsky.social

alan holding a vinyl record of railroad sounds

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Federal Dollars went into the creation of the DC Streetcar. If it shuts down the Rolling stock should be a transfered to a city that actually needs it, like Memphis Memphis already runs a pantograph compatible system, but have had issues with their old museum fleet

Memphis trolleys running through the downtown

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Amtrak's next gen Acela brings increased Capacity, Higher Speeds, and Updated Interiors; but there's one trend that is haunting the North American Rail industry and unless it's reversed we're all in for a worse ride. I talk about it in today's video: youtu.be/jktlZ8706Bc

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Amtrak’s New High Speed Train is Great, But…

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Really loving the right-wingers that spew violent rhetoric 24/7 suddenly saying that it's bad, or that making fun of Kirk (who also did these things), is bad. Don't be an incredibly shitty person and people won't celebrate your death. It's that easy.

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I might have to make an apology video for Hochul since it seems she's done a 180 on everything including congestion pricing. Now if only she was more aggressive on the NY housing plan

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

If this asshole Lawyer actually gave a shit about SEPTA he'd be yelling at the Republicans instead of working with them. Absolutely a money chasing snake

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I'm in DC for the weekend and we're having a small last minute meetup/hangout at the Dew Drop Inn, Tomorrow (Monday) at 6pm! The bar is also next to the CSX mainline and the metro so it's definitely entertaining

DC Union station with 2 Acelas, old and new

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

eventually I gotta make another video about VTA, every story I hear about them internally is 'The Office' levels of comedic stupidity

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Amtrak is definitely smelling blood in the water for a very important rail corridor

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

A country isn't a real country if it doesn't have at least: - full sized Integrated steel mill - domestic auto manufacturer - domestic aircraft manufacturer - domestic train manufacturer - cross country Intermodal rail shipping - a nuclear power plant - a space program

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I love Pennsylvania because you'll find random towns in the middle of nowhere that are more dense and walkable than every sunbelt city

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

A Hot Philly Summer on some expired film

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

For the big nerds and Foamers, We continue the History of American Railroading Electrification (and how we fumbled it), this time focusing on the WW2 to 1970s era thumbnail and poster art for this done by @scandinavian101.bsky.social Check out the video here:

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American Railroad Electrification [Part 2: WW2 to 1970]

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Absolutely love how evil the red halation made the engine look Chasing Reading and Northern 2102 through the Poconos on Cinestill 400D

Reading and Northern 2102 picking up passengers at Port Clinton

2102 fighting for traction out of Tamaqua Tunnel with some wheel slip blasting steam up into the treetops

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Dropping content in a new format/medium today. Stand by

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Today is fun, but there's still two more even funnier days to look forward to

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I thought this was a Penn Station Track Diagram before reading the text

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

In the Newest Armchair Urbanist we need to talk about how bad Google Maps has gotten for Transit in general

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Google Map's Transit Layer is Trash

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Apparently a lot of farmers didn't bother to plant this year because of the tariffs, which in part caused the dust storm. Trump cause dust bowl

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Philly is such an unserious place where my fastest walk home from the bar to the subway station passes the birthplace of the country

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

New Rendering of the Popemobile got leaked

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

It's kind of wild that Pennsylvania has an equivalent to Robert Moses and he's still alive and causing problems

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I've avoided commenting about his channel, but this video is so ass that I might have to make something about it. Also this is absolutely part cope for the fact that the Dutch suck at building heavy rail metro

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

There's nothing Philadelphian's and Pennsylvanian's love more than shitting on our public services, but oftentimes those attitudes turn lies into publicly held beliefs. Let correct some myths about SEPTA today:

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Everyone is Lying about SEPTA

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Ok I screwed up for LA and DC because of how their budget docs are written. This is now the fixed chart.

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

How Far do your tax dollars for Transit go? After people complaining over and over that SEPTA was inefficient, I had to run the numbers of Ridership to Operating budgets and would you look at that. Not only is SEPTA good with money, but they are literally the best in the US

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Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

If intermodal traffic wasn't getting nuked by tariffs this would indirectly be a pro rail freight policy lol

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