Iron Wolf Pictures? - CoasterBuzz

I was wondering if anyone that surfs coasterbuzz here, had or knows of any websites that have pictures of the layout of Iron Wolf. On most sites I've seen such as rcdb.com the only pictures show the loop and lift hill, thanks.

Well, here are a few more pics of Iron Wolf.

http://www.sfgamworld.com/Photos/SFGAmPics/Iron%20Wolf/IronWolf/index.shtml

You have to remember that the second half of the ride is hidden within alot trees and away from the midway. Its almost impossible to get a pic of the layout.

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2 superheroes in Gurnee next season? Oh the humanity. :)

Coastergallery.com also has some pictures of Iron Wolf.
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Rob

"Some people spend an entire LIFETIME wondering if they made a DIFFERENCE. The MARINES don't have that problem." -President Reagan 1985

It looks like the sametrains as on Batman The escape at SFAW. Did Intamin build these trains or B&M (They must have done it as part of Intamin)?

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Chris Knight
I can't decide is it BGW or SDC/CC.
Coming to WOF in 2003: A New Dippin' Dots stall :-)

Intamin built Batman the escape while B&M were with them. Iron Wolf was B&M's first coaster away from Intamin. actually, there are two sets of trains. when the ride first opened, B&M used trains very similar to the ones used on standups they built with Intamin, but in the last couple years SFGA bought new trains for IW which are the trains that B&M now use on their standups. so you might encounter pics of two different types of trains.

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-Bob (formerly Coaster Jedi)
Matt 1989-2003

yeah like chitown siad it is very hard to see the back half of IW. After the false mcbr it gose into a steep hill and then a cork. Then it dose a few tight turns up into the final brakes. It is a great ride.

At the Stand Up And Celebrate event back in 1990, attendees (myself included) were given lithographs of Iron Wolf's layout. It was a 3D artist rendering in white on a blue background. I'm not sure if my copy is still around or not. But like others have commented, the ride is hard to photograph. It is very well placed in the trees. Good luck finding an aerial photo. That would be your best bet.

Anyone know why they removed the midcourse brake? Did they decide it wasn't worth maintaining?

I doubt this will do you any good, but I just remembered there's an artisit's rendering of the layout in an old issue of RollerCoaster magazine. I believe it's the one with the Arnold's Park Coaster/Legend on the front cover (wow, it's amazing what I remember sometimes). It would have come in the winter of `89 or spring/summer of `90. All my mags are back at home (I'm at Iowa State).
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-Matt in Iowa
195 coasters ridden -- Faves: Shivering Timbers, Ghostrider, Twister, Hershey Wildcat, Lightning Racer

SFGA Bob said:
actually, there are two sets of trains. when the ride first opened, B&M used trains very similar to the ones used on standups they built with Intamin, but in the last couple years SFGA bought new trains for IW which are the trains that B&M now use on their standups. so you might encounter pics of two different types of trains.
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-Bob (formerly Coaster Jedi)
Matt 1989-2003

Actually before the 2000 season, SFGAm installed the big yellow Shoulder Harnesses used on the new B&M trains and kept the old trains. I think this may account for the more frequent headbanging people talk about because there is a lot less head room on these OTSRs than the old ones. I wish that SFGAm would replace the whole train, cause the old ones they use seem a lot more clunky and shaky than the new trains and i think a completey new train would solve that problem for the most part.

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SFGAm Viper

I've got pictures of the back end, taken from in the kiddie area.... won't be the clearest stuff, but it might help somewhat.

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« adix@nedesigns.com »

Adix (or anyone else) anything you have would be a great help....if you could send them to me LBCfan120@hotmail.com

thanks

no, they replaced the whole train, SFGAm Viper. you can tell by the bicycle seat. its a lot larger now, just like all new B&M standups.

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-Bob (formerly Coaster Jedi)
Matt 1989-2003

Well, if they replaced the whole train, they must have forgotten, or just decided not to replace, the nose car. Iron Wolf's '0' car is the small, rectangular old style.

Look at a picture of Mantis, Riddler, Chang, Scorcher, etc. to see the difference. The new ones are much more streamlined.

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"Well, I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation." - David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
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I know there's a difference between those zero cars, but the trains are new. either that or they replaced more than the restraints because there are a couple differences between the old and new cars.

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-Bob (formerly Coaster Jedi)
Matt the mutt 1989-2003
gimmie a hell yeah!

You can't see too much from this, but this is the aerial from mapquest.com

Here's a couple I took.

http://www.pbase.com/image/7091727

http://www.pbase.com/image/7091730

Not much to see other than the train, I had a few other pictures sitting around that I never got to scan. I'll look around for them.

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Never Has Gravity Been So Uplifting.

SFGA Bob, why do you think the trains are new? Yes they were put through a serious rehab, but the rolling stock has not changed even though the passanger restraints, bicycle seats, etc have been changed.

The chassis and shells of 2nd generation B&M standups has changed since the ones that are still on Iron Wolf.

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- "I used to be in the audio/visual club, but I was kicked out because of my views on Vietnam........and I was stealing projectors" - Homer Simpson
*** This post was edited by Peabody 2/1/2003 3:58:34 PM ***

Again, The trains were not replaced. Only the harnesses and im sure occasionally they need to change the bicycle seats in the same way the sseats on Viper need to be fixed/replaced from time to time. The train its self is the same. I dont post what i dont know. Maybe Joe (Legendary) or another employee can verify this again for you.
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SFGAm Viper
*** This post was edited by SFGAm Viper 2/1/2003 5:33:36 PM ***

http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery6.htm?Picture=2

there are the old harnesses, on the same trains

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SFGAm Viper

Ahh! little off topic...

Just to back up what others have said, no Iron Wolf's trains were *never* replaced. The trains running on the ride now are the same ones that ran in 1990 when it opened. The restraints and seats changed but *not* the entire train.

The second half of the ride is quite simple - after the drop off the "fake midcourse" (which banks slightly to the right), there's a flatspin to the left, then a figure-8 into the brakes. If you look at Raging Bull's second half, it's basically the same thing, Bull's is just bigger (obviously) and comes in fron the right rather than from over the figure-8.

To clarify, Iron Wolf never had a midcourse brake run. The ride was most definitely designed to allow for three-train operation (with the midcourse) but never opened that way because, obviously, it was unnecessary on such a short ride.

-Nate