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GCI & Ghostrider?
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Ricky
Jun 5, 2016, 4:35:12 PM6/5/16
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Having been "out" of coasters for a couple years I've got a few catch-me-up type questions...
I'm extremely curious about work being done to Ghostrider by GCI. I ranked Ghostrider #1 when it was new & good.
What exactly is GCI doing to this CCI woodie? Flyer trains?
I'm extremely curious about work being done to Ghostrider by GCI. I ranked Ghostrider #1 when it was new & good.
What exactly is GCI doing to this CCI woodie? Flyer trains?
tyl...@gmail.com
Jun 5, 2016, 9:45:21 PM6/5/16
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Ricky
Jun 5, 2016, 10:03:52 PM6/5/16
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On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 8:45:21 PM UTC-5, tyl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Total retrack, minor reprofiling, new trains. No MCBR
I would assume GCI Flyer trains?
> Total retrack, minor reprofiling, new trains. No MCBR
Ricky
Jun 5, 2016, 11:12:46 PM6/5/16
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I also wonder if "minor reprofiling" means making GR more "GCI like" meaning banking turns more and removing the strong airtime this ride originallyy had (especially the station drop)?
tyl...@gmail.com
Jun 5, 2016, 11:41:37 PM6/5/16
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On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 11:12:46 PM UTC-4, Ricky wrote:
> On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 9:03:52 PM UTC-5, Ricky wrote:
> > On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 8:45:21 PM UTC-5, tyl...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > Total retrack, minor reprofiling, new trains. No MCBR
> >
> > I would assume GCI Flyer trains?
>
> OK, I see GR has Millennium Flyers now. Wow. I thought MFs were specifically gauged for GCI coasters, which I thought had a different gauge than other woodies. Did GCI re-engineer their trains to now be acceptable for other coasters?
Huh? Many of the early PTC GCI's were converted to MFs years ago.
> On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 9:03:52 PM UTC-5, Ricky wrote:
> > On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 8:45:21 PM UTC-5, tyl...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > Total retrack, minor reprofiling, new trains. No MCBR
> >
> > I would assume GCI Flyer trains?
>
> OK, I see GR has Millennium Flyers now. Wow. I thought MFs were specifically gauged for GCI coasters, which I thought had a different gauge than other woodies. Did GCI re-engineer their trains to now be acceptable for other coasters?
Ricky
Jun 6, 2016, 12:24:43 AM6/6/16
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On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 10:41:37 PM UTC-5, tyl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Huh? Many of the early PTC GCI's were converted to MFs years ago.
Yes, but they were GCIs, such as Hersheypark Wildcat. Ghostrider is a CCI creation. My understanding is that GCI designed woodies were a different track gauge AND that GCI had some aversion to supplying their wonderful trains to non-GCI coasters.
> Huh? Many of the early PTC GCI's were converted to MFs years ago.
If there is another coaster, NOT designed by GCI, retrofitted with MF trains, I know not of it, thus the question.
Ricky
Jun 6, 2016, 1:18:21 AM6/6/16
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On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 11:24:43 PM UTC-5, Ricky wrote:
> On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 10:41:37 PM UTC-5, tyl...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Huh? Many of the early PTC GCI's were converted to MFs years ago.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I blieve only three coasters were retrofitted with MF trains...Wildcat, Gwazi (RIP), and Roar. Now Ghostrider will make 4. Are there others? And what do you mean by "PTC GCIs?"
> On Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 10:41:37 PM UTC-5, tyl...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Huh? Many of the early PTC GCI's were converted to MFs years ago.
surfd...@aol.com
Jun 6, 2016, 7:13:01 AM6/6/16
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Coastersaurus has junior millennium flyers ("mini-lennium flyers" I believe). That was originally built by M&V, and used junior PTCs for its life until about 2 years ago or so.
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