the Advantage to Alpen is that it has a higher wheelchair capacity than the others with its caboose. Plus having blue cars with a green engine seems weird imo.
Caribou Station Railroad Fire
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Not sure what you mean. BC and DH both run five carriages, and AE has three+caboose.
Same, I am going to be on full alert for both this and for Howl-O-Scream goodies
Random thought I had this morning:
I'm not really a train nerd or anything like that, but I do know that BGW's trains are pretty special. Even just considering their incredible historical significance to BGW (particularly in the case of Balmoral Castle and Der Hochbeinige), now that I know Balmoral Castle is repairable, I will be livid if the park opts not to restore her.
I'm not really a train nerd or anything like that, but I do know that BGW's trains are pretty special. Even just considering their incredible historical significance to BGW (particularly in the case of Balmoral Castle and Der Hochbeinige), now that I know Balmoral Castle is repairable, I will be livid if the park opts not to restore her.
Considering the size of the fire from pictures/videos I've seen, I'd be surprised if the damage was merely "cosmetic" as BGW has said. If they were preparing to put the train in service that evening, that's a lot of propane that burned before firefighters arrived. Metal fatigue and warping, etc. can be difficult to immediately assess.
While I'm not sure how up to date this wikipedia site is, there aren't a lot of these Crown locomotives still in existence. You'll see BGT has four....but one of their originals is waiting to be rebuilt. Here's a full list of the surviving locomotives (again not sure how up-to-date).
While I'm not sure how up to date this wikipedia site is, there aren't a lot of these Crown locomotives still in existence. You'll see BGT has four....but one of their originals is waiting to be rebuilt. Here's a full list of the surviving locomotives (again not sure how up-to-date).
I’m gonna be there today, I’ll try to update on if it’s open or not. I’ll also try to get some pictures.
I'm here today. The front gate sign stated the railroad was closed along with Tempesto and Elmo Little Drop tower.
Actually, based on the fire, it looked like a slow burn valve failure. For instance off one of the tanks in the tender. The Biggest thing I could imagine are the fitments in the cab. I'm sure those are quite replaceable. The biggest thing I gleaned from the report was that I think the park still does not know the cost/extent of repairs, so they are guarded.
I hope they will just open up the train with DH already. I have had my trip tomorrow and Monday planned for months and I would hate to have no train there for both days in the heat. No train, no DK, quite possibly no skyride since that thing always closes down. Could be a bit of a steamer with no way to cool off except for the water rides (I don't wanna get soaked though) and BfE.
Safety first of course, but I can't imagine after they have discovered the cause of the fire and stuff that they really need the entire attraction shut down any further. I guess to check and see if DH or Alpen don't have similar issues, but still.
If it isn't open come Monday, I will be surprised, and that could show things are worse than we know.
Safety first of course, but I can't imagine after they have discovered the cause of the fire and stuff that they really need the entire attraction shut down any further. I guess to check and see if DH or Alpen don't have similar issues, but still.
If it isn't open come Monday, I will be surprised, and that could show things are worse than we know.
Its possible that it's not up to the park the fact that an employee was injured means both OSHA and the state have the right to conduct reviews they won't necessarily take the parks word for it. They also both have the ability to require the park to put new safety procedures to prevent it from happening again. Also just because th.gey know what happened doesn't mean that they know why it happened. Presumably the park already had some method in place in place to detect a leak that failed to detect the leak. They need to find out those things and figure out fixes. Do I think it will be a long wait no. But a wait as long or longer then what we had for Pompeii reopening would not surprise me either.
I agree, I believe Pompeii was down 2 or 3 days. This was the second day the railroad in entirety was down.
Typically systems like this use a pressure mechanism to detect leaks, where if the pressure in the line falls below a certain point there is possibly a leak, depending on how much fuel is present in the tanks. I am not certain this is the method they use, but anything I have worked with similarly operating with gas lines uses this method, it is very effective. It is possible that someone misjudged the pressure or however they check did not notice the leak. My bet is on personnel error, as safety measures in place at theme parks often far surpass the attention to detail of a team member.
On a side note, I find it interesting that the website does not list the train as closed. Maybe they forgot about it, or tomorrow we will see it back in service. Who knows. I guess I will since I will be there at opening.
Typically systems like this use a pressure mechanism to detect leaks, where if the pressure in the line falls below a certain point there is possibly a leak, depending on how much fuel is present in the tanks. I am not certain this is the method they use, but anything I have worked with similarly operating with gas lines uses this method, it is very effective. It is possible that someone misjudged the pressure or however they check did not notice the leak. My bet is on personnel error, as safety measures in place at theme parks often far surpass the attention to detail of a team member.
On a side note, I find it interesting that the website does not list the train as closed. Maybe they forgot about it, or tomorrow we will see it back in service. Who knows. I guess I will since I will be there at opening.
Unless I've missed something, I've seen nothing that they've found the cause other than hypotheticals posed here. No matter the cause, certainly maintenance records and procedures are being reviewed internally and probably by governmental inspectors. You'd have to assume this review would apply to the other locomotives as well. So this may take more time than the Pompeii closure.
Edit- I missed the single story posted regarding the leak.
Edit- I missed the single story posted regarding the leak.
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There was a news article reporting it was caused by a leak that was ignited when an engineer was checking something
Pompeii was closed for close to a week I suspect that this might actually be a little longer then that given that there was an injury involved.
My bad. That's what I get for staying up past my bedtime. Enjoy your days at BGW!