Dahlonega Mine Train
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 The front entrance of the attraction. |
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| Location | Six Flags Over Georgia |
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| Type | Steel - Mine Train |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | June 1967 |
| Manufacturer | Arrow Dynamics |
| Lift/launch system | Three chain lift hills |
| Height | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Length | 2,323 ft (708 m) |
| Max speed | 29 mph (47 km/h) |
| Duration | 2:51 |
| Max vertical angle | 45° |
| Capacity | 2200 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 3 ft 6 in (110 cm) |
| Dahlonega Mine Train at RCDB Pictures of Dahlonega Mine Train at RCDB |
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The Dahlonega Mine Train is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia. The ride has three lift hills with brief elements between each that wind through a wooded, hilly landscape. This is a family coaster that is named after Dahlonega, Georgia, a village in northern Georgia that was a center of a gold rush in 1828.
[edit] Operational information
When opened in 1967, the Dahlonega Mine Train had the capability to run four trains at once, the reason for its high capacity. In the mid-1990s, however, the O. D. Hopkins Company rebuilt and refurbished the ride, supplying new track and a fully computerized control system. This new system is not capable of running four trains at once (three is the current maximum number of trains during normal operation). Thus, the stated capacity of 2200 riders per hour is inaccurate.
As with most modern roller coasters, a block system keeps trainsets moving and prevents trains from colliding with each other. Seldomly, trains will "roll back" into the tunnel from the end of the station platform. The control program is set up to handle this problem so that another train cannot collide with the stalled train. When this happens, guests are unloaded in the tunnel (which has lights and a stairway for such an event) and a winch pulls the empty train back into the station.
Trains feature a single lapbar in each row actuated by depressing a foot pedal near the front of each car, done by a station attendant. Unlike many roller coasters, though, there are no upstop wheels to prevent the trains from leaving the track; instead there is only a flange which achieves the same result. This is common on "Mine Train" type roller coasters.
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