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Dahlonega Mine Train
Steel Mine Train at Six Flags Over Georgia, Austell, Georgia. Opened 1967.
- Height
- 37 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 35 mph
- Length
- 2,327 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 2 min 51 s
- Designer
- Arrow Dynamics
Dahlonega Mine Train is a steel mine train roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, Georgia. Arrow Dynamics built it, and it opened with the park on June 16, 1967.
The 2,327-foot course climbs chain lift hills to a peak of 37 feet and runs through a tunnel. The park gives a top speed of 35 mph. A ride lasts about 2 minutes 51 seconds, and each train seats 30 riders.
History
The ride was built to run four trains at once. In the mid-1990s the O. D. Hopkins Company rebuilt it, replacing some wooden supports with steel, retracking it and installing computerized controls; it now runs at most three trains. Its tunnel has flooded several times, most severely in September 2009.
Sources
- sixflags.com/overgeorgia/attractions/dahlonega-mine-train (Park page: Dahlonega Mine Train, opened 1967, Arrow Dynamics, peak height 37 ft, top speed 35 mph, 48 in minimum height.)
- rcdb.com/42.htm (RCDB: operating; Arrow Dynamics mine train; height 37 ft; length 2,327 ft; 29 mph; 0 inversions; duration 2:51; chain lift, tunnel; 30 riders per train.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlonega_Mine_Train (Opened June 16, 1967; Arrow; 37 ft, 2,327 ft; four trains originally; mid-1990s O. D. Hopkins rebuild; at most three trains; tunnel floods, worst in September 2009.)
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