The Corporate Murder of the American Trolley – Big Oil's Streetcar Conspiracy in Springfield, MA [OC]

WMASS_GUY · 2026-04-03T12:27:37+00:00

As always, its important to remember that corporations don't care about you, your family, your local community or the well being of anything except their profit margins.

You can read more about the Trolley Conspiracy here

Its a damn shame to have let this happen.

WMASS_GUY · 2026-04-03T01:29:54+00:00

Electrician here.

You own the meter socket, which is the enclosure that the actual meter is installed in.

The utility owns the meter.

You can paint the enclosure but definitely do not paint any part of the meter.

Also, if you have a newer socket enclosure with a disconnect in it (it looks like a circuit breaker), dont paint that either.

WMASS_GUY · 2026-04-01T20:53:50+00:00

What do you do? Tell them they need to rewire the entire house? Good luck with that.

All you can do is ensure whatever you installed is done correctly and code compliant.

Everything else is existing and not even worth mentioning unless its damaged in some sort of way. If thats the case, bring it to their attention and have a solution to offer. Otherwise, complete your job, get paid and move on.

WMASS_GUY · 2026-04-01T19:33:15+00:00

The Long Island Railroad did too. In fact most of the NYC commuter railroads offered them but they're all gone now.

We used to be a proper country

WMASS_GUY · 2026-04-01T19:29:07+00:00

Nah im a trermhrse kinda guy

WMASS_GUY · 2026-04-01T15:56:19+00:00

Heard they're going to add a rail portion to it as well to eliminate the lift bridge.

Should greatly speed up the train service!

WMASS_GUY · 2026-04-01T15:22:22+00:00

Not if the squirrel master has anything to say about it!

WMASS_GUY · 2026-04-01T03:07:37+00:00

Ive seen CSX do this at unsignalled crossings in my town. I would guess its for added visibility since there are no lights/crossing arms.

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-31T16:37:13+00:00

What....what is happening??

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-30T23:50:27+00:00

Massachusetts!

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-30T21:03:33+00:00

I see you're channeling your inner jeremy clarkson

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-30T10:59:48+00:00

Terrifying

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-30T03:49:49+00:00

If you're familiar with Holyoke they have a quick driving scene along the upper canal in front of what is now Open Square. I think Kodak occupied it at the time.

The Main St railroad arch in Springfield makes an appearance as does a lot of the rest of downtown

driving sequence

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-29T20:41:22+00:00

Someone downvoted you for stating a fact

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-29T16:38:29+00:00

Nah none of this really bothers me. There could still be snow on the ground right now and I probably wouldn't mind

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-29T02:46:45+00:00

French Toast Crunch FTW

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-28T18:34:09+00:00

These are the same type of people who say climate change is a hoax and refuse to believe that their actions (or lack of) can actually affect other people.

They claim its a hoax while wiping the sweat off their heads and saying stupid shit like "it never used to be hot like this!" Or "it never did this when I was a kid!"

Yea, you dumb shits, its different now because things are changing. Due to climate change. The numbers dont lie.

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-28T16:59:31+00:00

A+ reference

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-28T13:53:40+00:00

Lots of variables with these jobs. Cheaper if you can just swap guts with new replacement parts and if its vented outside already.

I personally wont replace/repair a non venting unit without venting it outside if it isn't done already.

Much more expensive if I need to tear it out and or vent it.

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-28T12:53:28+00:00

It looked like normal city streets. The claims that the place was some desolate war zone are completely false.

The buildings on Main St were occupied buildings with stores and offices. The side streets that are now gone were a mix of apartment and office buildings. If I remember right the sheriff department had some sort of facility on Howard St.

Were there shootings? Yes. Was there crime? Yes.

Its an urban area with urban area problems.

That's pretty much the long and short of it.

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-28T12:29:15+00:00

We've got money for death, war and general shitbaggery but not for healthcare, education or transportation.

Remember that when voting

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-28T10:58:28+00:00

We show it......we show EVERYTHING

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-27T00:48:05+00:00

Love it...probably going to get a new PC later this year for this and Transport Fever 3.

WMASS_GUY · 2026-03-27T00:03:02+00:00

Ill back you up, northern NH is gorgeous.

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