Is the yellow train on MF the "bad one"?

Don't some of the CP coasters have their signature train? like MF would be the blue train, Maverick's is possible the black or brown, and so on?

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Touchdown said:
If you dont believe the story of the green train, then next time you are at the park be sure to check out the MF track you are at the park because two pieces of evidence for it are hiding in plain sight. The first and less obvious one is that right before and right after the speed bump by the ramp you will notice two pieces of track that have a steel plate jutting from both horizontal sides, that was where the emergency breaks were going to be located in order for MF to be able to run with four trains. The idea was that in an emergency the breaks would be activated slowing the train before the bunny hop and after so that it would valley between the speed bump and the last overbanked curve. A crane (like on the CCMT) was then planed to be installed to take that train over the banked turn afterwards.

The second proof is how the lift always manages to accelerate towards the top of the lift to 30mph, the orginal plan was to ratchet up riders at about the same speed as a normal lift hill allowing the trains below to move down a block and a coaster to complete the circuit then just in time for the drop accelerate riders to 30mph as they start cresting.

This is so ludicrously ridiculous that it HAS to be sarcasm. Those brackets on the last stretch of track before the final turn were in case they needed to install trim brakes before that turn, and the train speeds up on the lift once the other two trains clear the blocks. There are tons of roller coasters with lift hills that speed up after the other train(s) clear the blocks.

I think it was sarcasm...

This green train would actually be a great blog to read at Onpoint! ;)

So what your saying is the green train is now an artifical reef out by the discharge of Thunder canyon? See we already have an aquatrax :) I now need to get a t-shirt that says, I snorkled over the green train at cedar point and all i got was this lousy t-shirt. Of course on the back in honor of Magnum's 20th, i will place a picture of it on the back with a quote saying 20 years and still sinking.

Cedar Point roller coaster geek inside jokes. I'm at a loss.

I know the green train is a joke, but even if your story is true wouldn't Intamin bring it back and melt it down? Like they did with Maverick's roll?

I operate a dive/salvage business out of Harsens Island... maybe I should go and remove the green train hazzard before a boat skims it and is damaged? :-)

Your mom is to fat to ride TTD. said:
I know the green train is a joke, but even if your story is true wouldn't Intamin bring it back and melt it down? Like they did with Maverick's roll?

The roll is still sitting, in one piece, at Adena in Mansfield, OH. A friend of mine was in the area the other day and just happened to see it sitting there, plain as day.

Cool, I just looked up the Adena website! :)

In answer to the topic question...

They take apart and rebuild the wheels/assemblies/etc for each of the trains every offseason, so at the start of each season all 3 trains are in identical 'shape'. Rough rides are usually based only on when you visit and which trains might be closer to needing wheel replacements.

In short, there is no 'bad train'.

^false, the different colors of paint have VERY different drag coefficients which can lead to extremely different rides.

e x i t english said:

Your mom is to fat to ride TTD. said:
I know the green train is a joke, but even if your story is true wouldn't Intamin bring it back and melt it down? Like they did with Maverick's roll?

The roll is still sitting, in one piece, at Adena in Mansfield, OH. A friend of mine was in the area the other day and just happened to see it sitting there, plain as day.

Weird I remember a discussion about it being melted down. I think if they aren't going to do anything with it they should hold a contest for season pass holders. ;)

Adena has season pass holders?

That would make a cool entry way sign to a (new/existing) coaster (God forbid CP would actually think of something like *gasp* "Theming.... " ) Even a new causeway, main gate entrance... OH MY I used the T word!!!

Thorpe park uses the same idea and it looks pretty sharp.

I did not want to start a new thread,
Why dose everyone get so crazy over theming at cp?

^A lot of people prefer rides and parks to be themed because they feel it adds to the experience. Cedar Point lacks very much theming because it is an amusement park, not a theme park. People who want to come up with negative things to say about Cedar Point usually start with theming, even though CP's goal is NOT to be a theme park, but to be an amusement park with top notch rides and attractions as opposed to themes.

The main gripe with theming at CP does not really lie with no theming when a ride is announced/opened, but more with their obvious lack of caring to follow through in maintaining it. I'm sure I don't need to cite the many obvious examples around the park that we all have a problem with. Yes, Cedar Point may be an "amusement park" whose focus is on top-notch rides, but when the park starts to theme rides, and tout the theming and/or story and then just doesn't even care to make sure the elements continue to work/look right (whether indirectly, or not giving enough money to the budget for maintenance of theming) it just makes the park look bad. Disaster Transport is the saddest example of this very problem. Sure, the theme and story may not have been the best, but it was a decent effort. Unfortunately, it has been left to degrade to its current situation.

So once again, our "beef" with the theming lies more with their apparent not caring about a theme they already applied.

You're right. They tried to fix the theming with duct tape, WD-40 and a hammer and look at the condition it's in now!