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Gold Rusher
Steel Mine Train at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California. Opened 1971.
- Height
- 70 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 35 mph
- Length
- 2,590 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 2 min 30 s
- Designer
- Arrow Dynamics
Gold Rusher is a mine train roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Built by Arrow Dynamics, it opened with the park on May 29, 1971 and was Magic Mountain's first roller coaster. It is the oldest coaster still operating at the park.
The ride has a gold rush theme, with trains styled as mining carts. After a 70-foot chain lift, the trains follow 2,590 feet of track through turns, hills and dips and finish with a 540-degree spiral, reaching about 35 mph. A ride lasts about two and a half minutes, and the coaster has no inversions.
Gold Rusher can run four trains of five cars, each carrying 30 riders, and RCDB lists a capacity of 1,750 riders per hour and a cost of $1.2 million. The park lists a minimum rider height of 48 inches.
Sources
- sixflags.com/magicmountain/attractions/gold-rusher (Park page: the park's first roller coaster, introduced 1971, Arrow Dynamics, 70-foot lift, 540-degree spiral finale, 48-inch minimum)
- rcdb.com/266.htm (RCDB: Arrow Dynamics mine train, 2,590 ft, 70 ft, 35 mph, 0 inversions, 2:30, 4 trains of 5 cars (30 riders), cost 1,200,000, capacity 1,750 per hour)
- rcdb.com/4532.htm (RCDB park page: address, opened 5/29/1971, former name Magic Mountain (1971-1978), purchased by Six Flags 1979; operating, SBNO, defunct and under-construction coasters with opening and closing dates)
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.