Frankie's Mine Train
Steel Family at Great Escape, Queensbury, New York. Opened 2005.
- Height
- 10 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- 280 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Zamperla
Frankie's Mine Train is a small family roller coaster in the Timbertown children's area of Great Escape in Queensbury, New York. It is a Zamperla Family Coaster that opened in 2005 as Road Runner Express; RCDB lists that name through 2010. It is now named after Frankie the Fox, a Timbertown character.
The park describes about 280 feet of track through a forest setting with a peak height of 10 feet, a small drop and a ride of under a minute. RCDB lists a chain lift, a single helix in the center and no inversions. One train of six cars carries 12 riders, two across.
Riders must be between 42 and 54 inches tall.
Sources
- greatescapeparks.enchantedparks.com/rides-and-experiences/at... (Park page: junior coaster in Timbertown with Frankie the Fox; 280 ft; peak 10 ft; under a minute; small drop; 42 in minimum, 54 in maximum.)
- rcdb.com/3079.htm (RCDB: Frankie's Mine Train, operating since May 2005; Zamperla Family Coaster (Gravity 80STD); single helix; 262.5 ft, 13 ft, 0 inversions; chain lift; 6 cars, 12 riders; former name Road Runner Express 2005-2010.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Great_Escape_and_Hurricane_H... (Wikipedia: opened 1954 as Storytown USA, founded by Charles Wood; sold to Premier Parks 1996; sold by Six Flags to EPR Properties April 6, 2026, operated by Enchanted Parks, rebranded Great Escape; ride table with opening years and makers (Sasquatch, S&S, 2009, ex-Six Flags New Orleans; Raging River, Intamin, 1986; Desperado Plunge, Arrow, 1979, ex-Busch Gardens Van Nuys); Comet bought by Charles Wood after Crystal Beach closed and stored at Fantasy Island before opening at Great Escape in 1994.)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.