SF says it didn't derail, but the DCA says it did. An upstop wheel getting on top of the rail is derailing, yes? Now they figure out why it happened. Hopefully it's easily solvable.
News El Toro Derails
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^Ugh well that all but confirms Great Adventure is a next year thing for me if accurate. No matter how cool Jersey Devil looks I am not driving through DC and Baltimore for "NOT El Toro."
Sounds more believable than the usual 'Dippin Dots guy said ...' but I also question the validity - that said, I think it'd also be wise to consider it likely true until any further verification proves otherwise.
I'm not familiar with El Toro that much. What does RMC have to do with it? I thought it was an Intamin Pre-Fab? Did RMC do some track work for SFGA at some point?
I don't mean to be rude when I say this but the person who posted that on Facebook is not an employee with the park and no one with any actual stake in El Toro has given confirmation the ride is closed for the rest of the year.
Take stories like this with a mountain of salt.
Take stories like this with a mountain of salt.
RMC was the construction contractor for El Toro and also provided engineering consultation for Intamin with the cable lift system. I'm not sure exactly what RMC's stake in the investigation would be since the DCA only mentioned Intamin by name, because the issue wasn't with the ride structure it was with the train.
There is no way they would be working on replacing rails, wheels and axles if they did not determine the root cause yet.
After you take everything involved in the accident apart there is no way to tell the root cause anymore.
And what point would there be to work on any of this if they didn't know why it failed in first place. They just would have to fix it again once they know what is wrong.
After you take everything involved in the accident apart there is no way to tell the root cause anymore.
And what point would there be to work on any of this if they didn't know why it failed in first place. They just would have to fix it again once they know what is wrong.
Removing the damaged track does not mean they're removing the root cause, it's entirely possible they could be sending those pieces to a secondary location for further inspection while they prep the replacement pieces.
The train itself was the root of the problem, the rails were just collateral damage.
Joker, Nitro temporarily shut down at Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ
JACKSON, N.J. — Six Flags Great Adventure temporarily shut down two rides this week after separate complaints of an injury and a problematic lap bar. On Wednesday, a guest was injured on The …
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Don't trust idiots who post on a Facebook fanpage about news with amusement parks.
Article tl;dr - Guest complainted the seat was loose on Nitro and someone complained about an injury that was likely them having a pre-existing injury which was aggravated by the ride on Joker. Great Adventure still plans on getting Toro open as soon as possible.
I bet the "loose lap bar" was just "1-3 clicks above" where they would have liked it to be and the airtime was "scary" because "I don't understand roller coasters." Also yeah the clam shells can freak some silly people out sometimes.
So you are saying it's an ACE member that complained.
