After writing about the best steam trains in American theme parks, I started thinking about another favorite mode of transportation of mine: monorails. A monorail is a type of railway system where the track consists of a single elevated beam...
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Steel Dragon 2000 to Receive B&M Trains
For only the second time in the company’s history, Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) will provide trains for a coaster that they did not build. Steel Dragon 2000 at Japan’s Nagashima Spa Land will open this year sporting two new, sleek...
Continue reading...GCI to Revamp Coney Island Cyclone
Great Coasters International will repair and slightly rework the classic wooden Cyclone coaster at Coney Island in New York. GCI was carefully chosen by Central Amusement International, the group overseeing the revitalization of Coney Island. The Amusement Today article states:...
Continue reading...Swarm trains unveiled
Thorpe Park posted the following photos of Swarm’s sleek trains. The attention to detail on the trains is extraordinary! You need a camera with panoramic capabilities to capture the entire width of these trains. Those seats look very comfortable. I’m...
Continue reading...Apocalypse New Train Paint & Track Onsite
The trains of Apocalypse: The Last Stand at Six Flags America (formerly known as Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America) have been repainted and are looking quite spiffy. Six Flags America posted the below photo on their Facebook page:...
Continue reading...Cheetah Hunt trains arrive and more
Busch Gardens Tampa has given us an array of Cheetah Hunt updates recently. The park posted a video of the sleek new trains arriving at the park: The park also posted some photos of the trains: I wonder what brand...
Continue reading...Gwazi to reopen with Millennium Flyer trains
This should come as good news to anyone who has previously ridden Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa: Gwazi will reopen on January 22nd, 2011 with sleek new Millennium Flyer trains. Busch Gardens Tampa released the following press release: “In 1999,...
Continue reading...New Texas Giant trains
Six Flags over Texas released photos of the front car of one of the new Texas Giant trains on their Facebook page: The car is an obvious “Throwback to the 1961 Cadillac!” and features a prominent set of horns on...
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