TKC SUNDAY SPECIAL!!! KANSAS CITY TOY TRAIN STREETCAR FAILS FIRST BOUT WITH ICE, SNOW AND MIDWEST COLD WEATHER!!!

Typical Kansas City December ice, snow and freezing temperatures proved too much for the Downtown streetcar which was forced to shut down most of this weekend and enjoyed very few riders while much more reliable bus transit was forced to pick up the slack.

The rider alert from last night noted the toy train was suspended early in the evening . . . Sunday morning rides won't start until around 10 in the AM.

Take a look at the FAIL from straight from the KC Streetcar authority . . .



A note from our blog community . . .

"Please remind your readers to take the bus when there is an inch or so of snow. The streetcar has stopped dead in its tracks."

Roundup of the weather . . .

- The ice was typical for December in Kansas City.

- The snow was only a few inches at most.

- It has been much colder over the years in KCMO. The temperatures are in no way historically frigid.

And all of this reveals . . .

THE KANSAS CITY STREETCAR FAILED ITS FIRST COLD WEATHER TEST AS THIS FAKE TRANSIT WAS FORCED TO DEPEND ON MUCH MORE RELIABLE BUS SERVICE LIKE MOST OF KANSAS CITY!!!

More to the point . . .

IF THE STREETCAR CAN'T RUN IN THE COLD, SNOW AND ICE LIKE THE BUSES . . . IT'S REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN A TOY TRAIN!!!

Parting shot for the cheap seats . . .

THE KANSAS CITY TOY TRAIN STREETCAR HAS BEEN CONFRONTED WITH CONSTANT BREAKDOWNS BUT THIS WINTER WEATHER FAIL SHOULD STOP EXPANSION TALK DEAD IN ITS TRACKS UNTIL THE THIS EXPENSIVE MODE OF TRANSIT BECOMES MORE RELIABLE!!!

At the risk of coming off like a curmudgeon . . . This is why Kansas City should have purchased AMERICAN streetcars given that these fancy Spanish toy trains will always have difficulty accommodating super-sized Midwestern Winter blasts.

Kansas City has put down more than $150 MILLION for one of the most expensive streetcar lines in the nation and now we discover that it's not even as reliable as so many beat up old school Chevy trucks which navigated local streets this weekend far more successfully.

In the final analysis, Streetcar cheerleaders must address the issue of dependability and toy train FAIL on this front if their expansion efforts are to be taken seriously.

You decide . . .