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Runaway Mine Train
Steel Mine Train at Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, Texas. Opened 1966.
- Height
- 60 ft
- Drop
- 39 ft
- Top speed
- 38 mph
- Length
- 2,485 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 3 min
- Designer
- Arrow Dynamics
Runaway Mine Train is a steel mine train roller coaster in the Boomtown section of Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. Arrow Development built it, and it opened on July 23, 1966, as the Run-A-Way Mine Train; it was later called Mine Train before taking its current name. It is the park's oldest roller coaster and has been named an ACE Coaster Landmark.
The park's ride page says the gold-rush-themed mine cars climb a 60-foot hill, drop 39 feet and reach 38 mph, then run through helixes and curves and over a lake before returning to the station. RCDB lists three chain lift hills and two tunnels along 2,485 feet of track, no inversions and a ride time of three minutes. Three trains of five cars run at once, each train carrying 30 riders.
Riders must be at least 48 inches tall.
Sources
- sixflags.com/overtexas/attractions/runaway-mine-train (Park page: gold rush theme; 60-foot hill, 39-foot drop, 38 mph; helixes and curves, over a lake; Boomtown; introduced 1966; Arrow Development Company; minimum height 48 inches.)
- rcdb.com/30.htm (RCDB: operating since July 23, 1966; Arrow Dynamics Mine Train; length 2,485 ft, height 35 ft, 0 inversions, duration 3:00; three chain lift hills and tunnels; 3 trains of 5 cars, 30 riders per train; former names Run-A-Way Mine Train (1966 to 1995) and Mine Train (1996 to ?).)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Six_Flags_Over_Texas_attractio... (Runaway Mine Train, 1966, Arrow Development; the park's oldest coaster and an ACE Coaster Landmark; opened as Run-A-Way Mine Train.)
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