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Here are some more great (earlier) Runaway Mine Train photos.
Image three's caption states that section two was changed due to being "too wild." The gear house is also absent. Other photos show that the sheds covering the storage track were still under construction when the ride was in operation. http://www.rcreride.com/html/MineTrain.html |
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Here's a first season photo of the '2nd section' of Runaway Mine Train with it's more 'violent' section. I've marked in red the course that it currently takes...does this look right?
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I just don't see how this section could have been considered too wild. It looks pretty calm to me from here.
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I wonder if the turns were a little more 'banked' in that section, or if it was the jerking around (tight turns) in such a short space that made it that way. Or, maybe it was too close to the fence? |
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Also, I noticed that the 1960s maps, as well as at least one 1970s map shows a figure 8 track layout after the second lift hill. The track is shown going right (as it currently does) just after the second lift. Then it gets interesting
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If the map, and your second pic with the white pen overlay was correct back then, I can see how this phase would be a little crazy for some folks.
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The map was just an approximation. I wouldn't really call it accurate.
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The Big Bend depiction on the maps, the Log Ride, Shock Wave...all of those from the 60s/70s era maps seem to be taken from either aerial or blueprint guides, in that they follow the ride layout closely. What used to convince me that the maps weren't that accurate was the varying sense of scale given in the artists' interpretations. (That, and the cartoon-like interpretations of the map, plus the 'twisty' 3D simulation in some parts). Also, direction is a little bit tricky when looking at some (or all) of the maps - the orientation of the park (and rides therein) has changed over the years on the maps. Now, in retracing through photos and comparing to maps, it seems that they (the artists) strove for accuracy in depiction at this time, and that leads me to think that, in the design or planning stage at least, there existed this layout, from which the map artists worked. The idea wasn't to give blueprint accuracy, of course, but to have an accurate representation of the park and rides for both directions around the park and park promotion. Of course, maybe a figure 8 looked more exciting and that was why it was drawn that way... will we ever know? LOL ![]() |
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The earlier the map, the more accurate it is.
The earlier ones even have all of the animinations on the river and fiesta train in the right place. I would imagine that the first map set, 62-65, which was just modified each year, was made from some type of documents such as blue prints or surveys.
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