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On my web site, I have 1976 brochure of Six Flags Over Mid America (St. Louis).
Look here:
http://www.themeparkbrochures.com/1976/sfstl1976.html
Zimm
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Jes
Jes's Roller Coasters DJ Jes MCS
"Thank You Jeff Putz"
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Pearl Jam + Roller Coasters = Heaven on Earth. :)
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welcome one and all, y'all come have a ball!
Things a bear-y fine, ridin' on the old knott's bear-y line!
*** This post was edited by MilleniumForce6279 on 3/31/2002. ***
Oh, makes sense, but River King Mine Train was installed in Dollywood for the 1989 season, so yet again it makes sense it was removed late 80's, like 1987, 1988, but yet again I have no clue, since there are no good SFStL history sites (hint , hint to someone ;) )
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welcome one and all, y'all come have a ball!
Things a bear-y fine, ridin' on the old knott's bear-y line!
Okay, to clarify a couple of points.
There were originally 2 sides to the RKMT, but they were NOT identicle. They were drastically different.
The Rail Blazer was installed on the left track, with no changes to the track. The Rail Blazer was delayed a couple of months by technical problems.(It kept rolling back.Hard to believe on a coaster with 3 lift hills). Only difference on the track was the rails were painted red.! The ride was open for less than 1 month until a woman fell (she was pushed, ask Issac Newton) to her death and the ride never reopened. In the late 80's they moved the mine train back to the Rail Blazers tracks to make room for Ninja.
Jet Scream opened in 1981 and stood where batman now stands and was removed about 2 years after Ninja opened (Park officials said "why do we need 2 looping coasters"). That area was used as a picnic pavillion for private outing until B:TR opened in 1995.
To the best of my knowledge there have been only 2 fatal accidents at SFSTL, the Rail Blazer and the old sky ride in 1978 or 79.
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Just a couple of G-Force junkies!
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Mike
Favorite Wood: Viper at SFGAM,Shivering Timbers
Favorie Steel: Magnum and Raging Bull
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Here is a link to a site with BOTH Jet Scream , and Rail Blazer at . http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Reef/6776/top
In the Rail Blazer pic, you can see the TALL restraints, that woman looks like she could fall out! Also on the site there are also alot of other goodies like old Willard's Whizzer pics, and a bunch of other things.
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welcome one and all, y'all come have a ball!
Things a bear-y fine, ridin' on the old knott's bear-y line!
*** This post was edited by MilleniumForce6279 on 3/31/2002. ***
Here is a site that has 5 postcards from Six Flags Over Mid-America (circa 1971), it is not much, but it is something
http://www.rollercoasterfans.com/?topic=postcards
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Welcome one and all, y'all come have a ball!
Things a bear-y fine, ridin' on the old Knott's bear-y line!
Believe it or not, I just go to normal search engines (Yahoo, Google), and I put in removed rides (I found the rail blazer pics, by just putting in Rail Blazer Six Flags Over Mid- America), I just look for certain removed rides, and i end up with pics of that ride, and more. Another key is mixing up Six Flags Over Mid-America, and Six Flags St. Louis, because sometimes you can find sites with one park name, and not the other.
I tried to e-mail Blue Racer, but his E-mail address didn't work :(
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Welcome one and all, y'all come have a ball!
Things a bear-y fine, ridin' on the old Knott's bear-y line!
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