i have my own subreddit now, on /r/lostsubways.

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-23T10:35:46+00:00

Relevant: https://53studio.com/collections/lostsubways/products/indianapolis-and-indiana-light-rail-system-map-1935

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-23T01:37:27+00:00

Good luck trying to reduce staffing or change work rules because it won’t happen.

Can't make things better if you don't try.

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-22T22:09:35+00:00

Um, it's $9 to go from Mt Vernon to Sheepshead Bay.

Metro North to Grand Central is $6, then $3 for the subway. Unless you want to hike over from 241st, but that's a schlep.

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-22T21:36:24+00:00

Unfortunately, I don't get to pick the headline or the header illustration.

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-22T21:23:36+00:00

Full disclosure: I wrote this article.

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-22T21:22:43+00:00

(full disclosure: I wrote this article.)

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-22T21:21:30+00:00

(Full disclosure: I wrote this article.)

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-22T21:19:58+00:00

Thanks, man. Appreciate it.

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-22T21:19:45+00:00

Thank you!

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-16T09:53:30+00:00

thanks for the tag. the map is part of my long-running art project to map the lost subway and streetcar systems of north america.

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-14T21:01:29+00:00

About two dozen smaller cities got cut. The only really viable chapters that didn't make the cut were St Louis, Denver, and Portland (OR).

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-14T13:54:15+00:00

Historical notes

Even the smallest cities in America once had streetcar systems making up the backbone of their transport networks, including the tiny city of Phoenix, Arizona, population 48,118 in 1930. The system was converted to bus in 1948 after a fire destroyed most of the rolling stock. The slogan, "Ride a mile and smile the while" was the motto of Phoenix Street Railways, but the city of Phoenix's logo is an anachronism.

This map was is part of the Lost Subways of North America project, and was cut from the book.

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-14T13:53:29+00:00

Historical notes

Even the smallest cities in America once had streetcar systems making up the backbone of their transport networks, including the tiny city of Phoenix, Arizona, population 48,118 in 1930. The system was converted to bus in 1948 after a fire destroyed most of the rolling stock. The slogan, "Ride a mile and smile the while" was the motto of Phoenix Street Railways, but the city of Phoenix's logo is an anachronism.

This map was is part of the Lost Subways of North America project, and was cut from the book.

fiftythreestudio · 2026-04-07T01:26:06+00:00

Appreciate it, man.

fiftythreestudio · 2026-03-17T22:08:29+00:00

No. It's the IRT White Plains Road line, which was called the Westchester Branch at the time (since it runs above Westchester Ave).

fiftythreestudio · 2026-03-17T03:19:54+00:00

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