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Screamin' Eagle

Wood Out-and-Back at Mid America Adventure, Eureka, Missouri. Opened 1976.

By Theme Park Spot · Last reviewed November 8, 2026

Height
110 ft
Drop
92 ft
Top speed
62 mph
Length
3,872 ft
Inversions
0
Ride time
2 min 30 s
Designer
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters

Screamin' Eagle is a wooden roller coaster at Mid America Adventure in Eureka, Missouri, the park called Six Flags St. Louis until 2026. Its course is a modified L-shaped out-and-back layout.

Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters built the ride, the last coaster designed by John C. Allen, and it opened on April 10, 1976. Guinness World Records listed it as the largest and fastest roller coaster when it opened, and it held the title of world's fastest roller coaster until Colossus opened in June 1978. In 1990 its trains were replaced, its turns were banked and a double uphill section was removed, and it was repainted and retracked between 2003 and 2006.

The park lists a height of 110 feet, a top speed of 62 mph and a track length of 3,872 feet. RCDB gives a 92-foot drop and a ride time of 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Two trains of six cars each carry 24 riders.

Sources

  • midamericaadventure.enchantedparks.com/rides-and-experiences... (Park page: record-setting classic wood coaster, drops at 62 mph; top speed 62 mph, length 3,872 ft, elevation 110 ft; John Allen - Philadelphia Toboggan Company; 'Celebrating 50 Years of Thrills'; minimum height 48 in (46 in accompanied).)
  • rcdb.com/44.htm (RCDB: operating since April 10, 1976; Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, serial 145, designers John C. Allen, William Cobb, Don Rosser; length 3,872 ft, height 110 ft, drop 92 ft, 62 mph, 0 inversions, duration 2:30; 2 trains of 6 cars, 24 riders.)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamin%27_Eagle (Wikipedia: opened April 10, 1976; modified L-shaped out-and-back; John C. Allen's last coaster; Guinness listed it as the largest and fastest coaster; world's fastest from April 1976 until Colossus in June 1978; 1990 changes (new trains, banked turns, double uphill removed); repainted and retracked 2003-2006.)

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