Intamin with B&M square track
Hey all...I know that B&M both used to work for Intamin, before splitting off into their own company. However, I'm curious about Intamin's use of the square spined B&M track for stand-up coasters. From what I could tell in RCDB, Intamin has four coasters with B&M style square spined track, mostly standups. (Flashback at SFMM, Shockwave at Drayton Manor, Cobra at LaRonde, and Batman the Escape) I did notice that it actually seems somewhat closer to Giovanola track than B&M (ties meet in a V), but anyway:
Does Intamin still have the rights to build with this track, or did Walter and Claude take it with them? I noticed that the standup trains are not the same as B&Ms, but for all intents and purposes, it's the same track. Just curious. Any more Intamin creations made without the current box/no spine track (besides the Schwarzkopf stuff and the bobsleds, of course)?
Jman
Does Intamin still have the rights to build with this track, or did Walter and Claude take it with them? I noticed that the standup trains are not the same as B&Ms, but for all intents and purposes, it's the same track. Just curious. Any more Intamin creations made without the current box/no spine track (besides the Schwarzkopf stuff and the bobsleds, of course)?
Jman
These coasters are credited to Intamin but were subcontracted to Giovanola to build (hense their track) when Gio were a part of Intamin
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Ahhh...didn't know that Giovanola was also once a part of Intamin. That would explain the perfect V ties. Interesting, though...since Intamin still has a picture of one of these rides on its web site, under "Stand Ups."
Jman
Jman
Also Didn't you guys know that B&M track is manufactured by Giovanola. Also both B&M and Giovanola originally worked under Intamin as well as the fact that Gio used to and still kinda does work under B&M
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Go SFMM
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B&M track is not manufactured by Giovanola, at least not here in the states. A fabricator in Southern Ohio makes the track.
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Jeff
Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
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Jeff
Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
Jeff, out of curiousity, who does manufacture it?
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UCSigep
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UCSigep
"Did you make a copy? Because if you made a copy, we could watch the copy."
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