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Road Runner Express
Steel Mine Train at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, San Antonio, Texas. Opened 1997.
- Height
- 73 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 35 mph
- Length
- 2,400 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 2 min 24 s
- Designer
- Arrow Dynamics
Road Runner Express is a steel mine train roller coaster in the Crackaxle Canyon area of Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas. It was built by Arrow Dynamics, designed by Alan Schilke, and opened on May 22, 1997. It is themed to the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons and runs through a mining-town setting.
The 2,400-foot course has two chain lifts, the taller one 73 feet high, and reaches up to 35 mph. A ride lasts about 2 minutes 24 seconds. Two trains of six cars each carry 36 riders. According to Wikipedia it was the last mine train Arrow built for a Six Flags park, and part of its track runs beneath Iron Rattler.
The park lists a minimum rider height of 48 inches.
Sources
- sixflags.com/fiestatexas/attractions/road-runner-express (Park page: Crackaxle Canyon, Arrow Dynamics, introduced 1997, up to 35 mph, 48 in minimum)
- rcdb.com/265.htm (Operating; Arrow Mine Train, designer Alan Schilke; 73 ft, 2,400 ft, 0 inversions, 2:24; 73 ft and 38 ft chain lifts; 2 trains of 6 cars, 36 riders)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Runner_Express_(Six_Flags_Fiesta_... (Opened May 22, 1997; last Arrow mine train for a Six Flags park; runs under Iron Rattler)
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