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Stealth..3 trains - why?!

Danzibarr

Danzibarr

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As the topic says, I'm wondering why Thorpe have 3 trains for Stealth when the quickest turnaround is achieved from 2?
Since they have 3, they might as well extend the coaster after the top hat..
 
2 operating. 1 spare if another goes wrong. It was a capacity thing, so it always had 2 on the circuit. Well, thats how it was ment to work... never actually did though. They always seem to have a train in bits!
 
I guess the fact the trains are hit with such forces justifies needing a spare, you don't see G-force at drayton manor with a third train .. oh wait, it doesn't even have a second.. *rant*
 
I guess the third train is just a spare train they have in case of a breakdown. So they can always have two trains on track.

I know Furius Baco was meant to run 3 trains simultaneously but keeping the trains rolling out of the station every 30 seconds was so hard and needed such a huge crew that they decided to run the coaster on 2 trains and have a third one just in case another one breaks down (like Stealth). They always stack the trains anyway LOL
 
theres always a chance of something happening on a roller coaster. One of the restraints on one of the trains could be broken. You would just put in the other train. Its common sense
 
pencilboy2 said:
theres always a chance of something happening on a roller coaster. One of the restraints on one of the trains could be broken. You would just put in the other train. Its common sense
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In the same way it's common sense to buy two of the same car incase the seatbelt breaks in one of them? :lol:

Anyone know how much a train like this would cost?
 
Anyone know how much a train like this would cost?
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One train on Stealth is worth roughly £4 million.

A compete set of 24 running wheels will set you back 60 grand.
Theres nerely 8 tonns of precision machined steel components, evey single one is made to order using the latest in CNC cutting technology.........

Having said that though, if I'd paid that much for a train, I'd ask formy money back seeing as the quality is shiite. That and it takes 6 weeks to get anything off Intaminge.
 
oriolat2 said:
I guess the third train is just a spare train they have in case of a breakdown. So they can always have two trains on track.

I know Furius Baco was meant to run 3 trains simultaneously but keeping the trains rolling out of the station every 30 seconds was so hard and needed such a huge crew that they decided to run the coaster on 2 trains and have a third one just in case another one breaks down (like Stealth). They always stack the trains anyway LOL
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A massive LOL here Oriol! Port Aventura can't even run Baco properly for a start! When I was there in 2007 we saw the pre-show door open after a train failed to launch. Doors open, BAM right into the back of the stuck train... :lol: that messed up the ERT session.. Besides I can't see that many people wanting to ride such a horribly rough coaster... :D

I can't add anything to this discussion, other than Thorpe know they can't make any of their rides to work so they need spares to help them out. Such a shame they can't switch out their rides with working/BETTER ones when they need to.
 
The Undead Creature said:
Anyone know how much a train like this would cost?
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One train on Stealth is worth roughly £4 million.
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Really?!

Doing a conversion, 4 mil GBP is 8 mil AUD.

Our Superman has two trains, so the trains would therefore be worth 16 mil AUD...But that can't be right because the ride as a whole (With theming etc) cost $16 Mil.

Seems bloody steep? Do things cost that much more in the UK, or do Intamin have really expensive trains?
 
^ Yes that can't be right. Stealth cost in total £12m, so buy his theory, thats £12m for the 3 trains, and £0 for the ride, supports, track, technology, computers etc.....

Now I'm no expert, but £4m for a train just cannot be true.
 
The price seems about right. The whole reason Maverick lost its heartline was because CP didn't wanna pay millions for new trains.
 
I can see four million pounds being the price for all three trains, but no way is that the price for one train. One train costing 1.3 million makes sense.
 
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