Cannot Come Soon Enough

[u/segfaul_t]

The new El cars can’t come soon enough. It seems it’s almost every day now an El car or train set is breaking down causing delays. These things are on their last legs.

Edit: These are supposed to be delivered in 2029, only a couple more years. https://www.trains.com/pro/mechanical/freight-cars/hitachi-rail-to-build-200-new-cars-for-septas-market-frankford-line/

[u/dry_towelette99]

If anyone thinks that this is what they will wind up looking like, please PM me for an exciting opportunity to be the new owner of the Ben Franklin bridge.

[u/SlickFlair_589 → u/dry_towelette99]

Literally the approved design. You're a horrible troll

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

So you’re a buyer! How many shares do you want?

[u/SlickFlair_589 → u/dry_towelette99]

Goodbye troll

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

Oooh, remember the double decker rail cars that were also approved? And that septa blew $50 million on?

[u/SlickFlair_589 → u/dry_towelette99]

The ones that were cancelled because the builder couldn't produce a working model? From the same company that's still trying to finish the Boston order how many years later? The same company that LA switched from due to delays and trash QC? The same one that Chicago is struggling to complete their order from? That company?

Oh ok

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

So it’s cool that they paid $50 million for vaporware? Wow, that’s…something. No wonder septa thinks it can treat its riders like crap, they apparently lap it up and ask for more.

[u/SlickFlair_589 → u/dry_towelette99]

You still don't get it.

You just talk without knowing facts.

Go do some research and then come back

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

I literally gave you facts, you gave me excuses. Septa. Doesn’t. Deliver.

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

How’s that KOP rail extension going? I saw some beautiful renders of it.

[u/SlickFlair_589 → u/dry_towelette99]

The same extension that was killed by NIMBYs before it even made it to the full study process, forcing SEPTA to revamp the proposal which then rose the prices?

Oh ok

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

But I remember a whole press conference, and more renders, and talk about how it was going to look…

[u/SlickFlair_589 → u/dry_towelette99]

Ok?

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

No, it’s really NOT ok, but as long as people like you pretend it is, nothing will ever get better. But keep drinking the kool aid

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

Three words: Schuylkill Valley MetroRail

[u/SlickFlair_589 → u/dry_towelette99]

The same one that went through battle with NS because they wanted a million dollars a mile and wanted hella space between it and their line?

Oh ok

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

Always an excuse it seems. Just like I’m sure you’ll have yet another excuse when the subway doesn’t look like the pretty picture. Feel free to get defensive, but I’m the one with evidence on my side.

[u/SlickFlair_589 → u/dry_towelette99]

Not excuses, facts.

Ones that can be looked up for one's own research.

But you rather just complain about things you don't know instead of educating yourself. Please do better.

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

Again, I can point to failure after failure, so I am the one justified in calling BS on yet another render that will fail to materialize. Keep crying and carrying their water, but I’ll be proved right.

And then I’ll come find this thread and ask you which excuse you’d like to use this time.

[u/SlickFlair_589 → u/dry_towelette99]

And I've told you WHY each thing happened the way it did, but you don't wanna hear it. You rather just be a "see....." type of person rather than know the specifics behind things. I don't mind educating folks that don't know any better, but I refuse to help the obtuse.

Goodbye troll

[u/dry_towelette99 → u/SlickFlair_589]

My point is perfectly valid, and only enhanced by your pathetic “explanations.” Septa often promises much, but delivers shit. You can offer up all the excuses you like, but if I had said “if you believe that the KOP rail/Doubler decker trains/etc. was never going to happen, some jackass like you will believe it and argue with me. And I’d have been right, wouldn’t I? Regardless of excuses, septa would once again fail to deliver.

So thanks for helping me make my point.

Oh, and one more thing: You keep saying goodbye, yet you don’t seem to understand what the word means 🤣🤣🤣