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Tornado
Wood at Stricker's Grove, Ross, Ohio. Opened 1993.
- Height
- n/a
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 45 mph
- Length
- n/a
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 1 min 33 s
- Designer
- Al Collins
Tornado is a wooden roller coaster at Stricker's Grove, a private, family-run park in Ross, Ohio. It was designed by Al Collins and built by the park's owner, Ralph Stricker. Construction began in November 1990 and was completed in June 1993.
The ride has a chain lift hill and no inversions, and a ride lasts about 1 minute 33 seconds. Wikipedia gives a top speed of 45 mph. It runs a single Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters train of three cars seating 18 riders. The park first bought used trains from another Tornado coaster, but they were in poor condition and new PTC trains were bought instead.
The layout is a mirror image of the former Comet (Mighty Lightnin') at Rocky Glen Park in Moosic, Pennsylvania. Like the rest of the park, Tornado is open to the public only on the park's few public days each year.
Sources
- rcdb.com/326.htm (RCDB Tornado: wood sit-down thrill coaster, operating; designer Al Collins, builder Ralph Stricker; trains by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (single train, 3 cars, 18 riders); 0 inversions; duration 1:33; chain lift hill; construction November 1990 to June 1993; mirror image of the former Comet/Mighty Lightnin at Rocky Glen Park; used trains from another Tornado replaced by new PTC trains.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stricker%27s_Grove (Tornado designed by Al Collins, built by Ralph Stricker, construction began 1990, opened 1993; PTC train; 45 mph; mirror image of the Rocky Glen coaster.)
- strickersgrove.com (Tornado Wooden Coaster on the official ride list; opened in 1993.)
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