New Son of Beast trains are on track

Posted | Contributed by BoddaH1994

KICentral.com has photos of Son of Beast with its new Gerstlauer trains at Kings Island. Wednesday the ride was being tested with these trains. The park has not made an announcement about the coaster re-opening.

Link: Kings Island Central

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DantheCoasterman's avatar
^HAHA! So all of this time and money for nothing?
Jason Hammond's avatar
No. It just means they have more to do before they can open the ride. Maverick valleyed in it's Horseshoe roll and that ended up opening. This is one of the reasons why rides have to be tested and certified before htey open. Because no matter how much engineering and computer modeling you do, there's just no substitute for real world testing. I don't know what they'll need to do to correct the problem, but I'm sure they'll figure it out.
I think it was a month before the could get a G train to run the full circut on THE BOSS. The original Premier Trains Vallied in the first helix it's first runs on SOB.

It's quite common when the wheel bearing grease is new and not broken in.

Chuck

If the G-Trains couldn't handle Raging Wolf Kabobs, Imagine them on SOB.
I agree: Serious lawsuit waiting to happen.
Jason Hammond's avatar
Oh I see... So your a structural engineer who is familiar with the engineerring of the Bobs and has inside information as to the reason for the Bobs Failure?

Your just speculating. They havn't said the reason for the failure. In fact, the reason for the G2's on SOB is to reduce the stress. The premiere trains were more of a problem than the G2's will be.

I think the new trains can only be an improvement. REALLY, think about it - 95% of what was wrong with Sonny was those Gawd-awful Premier trains that were not fit to carry human cargo. The ride HAS to be better with the G-trains.
^^I never said I wasn't speculating.

You're right, they 'haven't' given a reason for the failure, though my speculation would be that they blew an axle.
And if it wasn't an axel, then I guess it could've been from their retracking that section last year or the year before.

Was there an axle failure on RWB? I was under the impression that the track ties could have spread far enough apart to allow one of the wheel assemblies to slip off.

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