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Big Bad John
Steel Mine Train at Magic Springs Theme and Water Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Opened 2002.
- Height
- 50 ft
- Drop
- 41 ft
- Top speed
- 30 mph
- Length
- 3,500 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 3 min
- Designer
- Arrow Dynamics
Big Bad John is a mine train roller coaster at Magic Springs Theme and Water Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Built by Arrow Dynamics, it opened at the park in 2002 and is themed to the legend of John Henry.
The ride has three lift hills and a tunnel and lasts about three minutes. The park lists a peak of 50 feet, a top speed of 30 mph and 3,500 feet of track; RCDB lists a 41-foot drop and no inversions.
The coaster has run at three parks. It began as one of the two River King Mine Train tracks at Six Flags Over Mid-America (later Mid America Adventure) near St. Louis, then ran at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, as Thunder Express from 1989 to 1998, before it was moved to Magic Springs.
Sources
- magicsprings.com/rides-thrill (Opened 2002; three lift hills; 3,500 feet of track; about three minutes; 50 feet; 30 mph; John Henry theme.)
- rcdb.com/1452.htm (Operating since 2002; Arrow Dynamics mine train; height 32 ft; drop 41 ft; length 2,349 ft; 37 mph; 0 inversions; duration 3:00; three chain lifts and a tunnel; relocations River King Mine Train (Mid America Adventure), Thunder Express (Dollywood), Big Bad John (Magic Springs).)
- rcdb.com/588.htm (Thunder Express at Dollywood operated 1989 to 1998.)
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