"Mud flaps" on Intamins?

I noticed this last weekend on Volcano and SROS at SFA. The intamin trains have a little piece of rubber(?) that trails the wheels and touches the track. It's only on one side of the cars, and it is on all the cars of the train. It looks like a mud flap, but it's less than an inch wide.

Anyone have any idea what there are for?

maybe it is a part of the safety block system.most coasters have some sort of contact device that drags along the track or passes over the sensors somehow.I have also noticed that on s:ros at SFA myself and wondered what it was.

Those help discharge static build-up.

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Jeff
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What a neat Idea. I have also wondered what those are!


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"Bathroom 1 looks too intense for me"-Ed Markey

Does anyone have a pic of it?

I didn't know that was an issue until I saw (and heard) Medusa sparking late at night during the SFGAd Coaster Celebrating. Some folks thought something was wrong! (They clued us in during the behind the scenes tour. I guess it's no big deal, just kind of surprising the first time you see it!)

I think it would freak out some people, and I can sure understand why Intamin put those "mudflaps" on their newer trains.
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- Peabody