Busch Gardens Railway
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They still haven’t put the lines, Crown Royal logo or the coat of arms up front. I knew it was to good to be true when I saw it from Griffon this morning
Blue train was running at 9:45 this morning. After opening they parked it and used the red train. Green train ran after 1pm. I talked with one of the engineers and he said they are working on blue trains certification. It needs 20 more hours of operation before it is certified. It still has a way to go and they are hoping it is back carrying people mid to late summer
According to my sources, Blue ran over night for one night 2 weeks ago and has been running from about 7 or 8am until 10am every day since Friday. The mechanics have been running it until this weekend and now the regular engineers are driving to familiarize themselves with the controls. It needs to run a total of 24 hours and is somewhere about 12 to 14 hours at this point. Though the park opens at 10am, mechanics start working at about 3 or 4am. So they can get lots of hours on the Blue train rather quickly.
Today I asked one of the engineers about the status of the Balmore Castle. He said it's passed all of the certifications and believes it should be in use next week. He said that basically they are just putting the finishing touches on it. Attached is one photo I was able to get. On the other shot of the Alpen Express I seen that silver box on the side that I don't remember seeing. I went up and asked about it and the engineer said it is an emergency fuel shut off and also an electronic ignition system so that someone doesn't have to go into the fire box with a blow torch to light it off. He said it was put on in November last year.
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Interesting that they didn't either paint the box or locate it somewhere else where it's not as visible. Good for them to add some safety measures though!
You don’t hide an emergency fuel shut off. You make it as visible as possible and unobstructed.
I believe there is one inside the cabin, too. Having a shut off outside allows for an e-shutoff without someone climbing into a potentially hazardous cabin seems smart to me.
I heard that Balmoral will be running and taking passengers today.
So glad to see old Balmoral finally back in service! Just curious, has the tender been fully lined or is it just the Caledonian Railway logo?
It doesn't appear so, here is a 4K video that I took today of Balmoral pulling into Tweetside.
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I rode blue today. As we pulled into France I noticed two German trains sitting there. Am I the only person who is nervous about multiple German trains parking in France. I have seen this movie... It does not end well.
I kinda thought it would be a she.
Maybe I'll start calling it a they, or request a preferred pronoun from the park. Gotta get my perspective aligned with the times.
Maybe I'll start calling it a they, or request a preferred pronoun from the park. Gotta get my perspective aligned with the times.
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