Powered Coaster (Mack Rides product)

Powered Coaster

Status	In production
Introduced	1969
Latest built	Alpenexpress "Enzian" (26 April 2024)
Statistics
Manufacturer	Mack Rides, Germany
Type	Steel - Powered
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The Powered Coaster is a model of steel powered coaster manufactured by Mack Rides, it debuted in 1969.

Design

The ride features a running plate on top of the track. This plate is used for the propulsion of the trains, with each car of the train featuring a drive tyre underneath. These tyres run on the plates, propelling the train. The propulsion of these wheels is powered by a third rail with contacts that is located underneath the track.

The trains originally featured bench style seating with buzzbar restraints. This train design would appear for the last time on Bob Express on 15 May 2000. The next installation, Galaxie Express would feature seperate seating and lap bars. This would become the new standard for all new installations.

The current iteration of the model has the possibility to change direction mid-ride. This can allow the train to travel backwards on a second lap. There is currently no installation that uses this feature. The model does also feature variable speeds during the ride, which has been used on some of the more recent installation. It is mostly used to speed up the train on a second lap.

Layout

The Powered Coaster features a few standard layouts, with them mostly being discontinued. The exception to this is Alpenexpress "Enzian", which is a new installation of the Grottenbahn layout due to the original version being heavily damaged in a fire.

Blauer Enzian Version 1

This is the original layout of the Powered Coaster, and features a figure 8 layout. The ride starts with a left turnaround out of the station, followed by a gentle rise up to the highest point of the ride. This is followed by another turnaround leading into a gentle downwards diagonal drop. A gentle downwards turnaround leads into another diagonal track, followed by a final turnaround back into the station.

Blauer Enzian Version 2

The second version of the ride changes the second turnaround to a downwards helix, with the gentle diagonal drop being changed to a diagonal rise. This would lead back into the downwards turnaround, linking back to the original layout.

Blauer Enzian Version 3

The third version of the layout is the same as the second version up untill the helix. The diagonal track now stays flat, with the following turnaround now rising up instead. The diagonal track after this now goes downhill, with the final turn remaining the same.

Grottenblitz

Grottenblitz is a layout originally designed for Alpenexpress "Enzian" at Europa-Park in Germany. The layout sees the train entering a right-hand turnaround, which is followed up by a left-hand helix and a left-hand turn. A right-hand helix follows, leading into a wide turnaround back into the station.

Installations

Name	Park	Layout	Country	First opened	Opened	Status
Super Train Tokaido Formerly Tokaido Express	Tivoli World Hans-Jürgen Tiemann (Travelling)	Blauer Enzian version 1	Spain Germany	1971	1980 or later 1971	Standing but not operating since September 2020
Tokaido Express Formerly Tokaido Express Formerly Tokaido Express Formerly Tokaido Express Formerly Hitachi Express 2	Lunapark Fréjus Landgraf (Travelling) Azur Park (Travelling) Clark Kiener (Travelling) Hans-Jürgen Tiemannn (Travelling)	Blauer Enzian version 1	France France France France Germany	1972	2017 unknown unknown unknown 1972	Operating Closed unknown Closed unknown Closed unknown Closed unknown
Runaway Train Formerly Blauer Enzian	Elitch Gardens Peter Dom (Travelling)	Blauer Enzian version 2	USA Germany	1973	1996 1973	Defunct since 1996 Closed unknown
Apache Whirlwind	Frontier Village Amusement Park	Blauer Enzian version 2	USA	1976		Defunct since 16 September 1980
Feuer + Eis Formerly Feuer & Eis Formerly Blauer Enzian Formerly Blauer Enzian Formerly Blauer Enzian	Barth & Kipp (Travelling) Michael Courtney (Travelling) Koch-Courtney (Travelling) Gröna Lund (Loan) Peter Dom (Travelling)	Blauer Enzian version 2	Germany Germany Germany Sweden Germany	1976	2016 Unknown 1996 1980 1976	Operating Closed 2015 Closed unknown Closed 1982 Closed 1995
Kansas City Express Formerly Kansas City Express Formerly Blauer Enzian Formerly Bayern-Express Formerly Bayern-Express Formerly Bayern-Express	Thierry Montaletang (Travelling) Fränkisches Wunderland Neue Traumland Alfons Kaiser (Travelling) Peter Schütz & Co. (Travelling) Fritz & Julius Kinzler (Travelling)	Blauer Enzian version 2	France Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany	1977	2019 1993 June 1987 1982 1980 1977	In storage Closed 2013 Closed August 31, 1991 Closed 1986 Closed 1981 Closed 1979
Silverpony Express Formerly Bayern Express Formerly Blauer Enzian	Freizeit-Land Geiselwind Friedrich Uhse (Travelling) Hans-Jürgen Tiemann & Friedrich Uhse (Travelling)	Blauer Enzian version 2	Germany Germany Germany	1977	1989 Unknown 1977	Operating Closed April 1984 Closed unknown
Thunder Run	Canada's Wonderland	Blauer Enzian version 2	Canada	May 23, 1981		Operating
Eurospeed Formerly Rothaarblitz	Fabrikus World Panorama Park	Custom	France Germany	June 1982	2009 June 1982	Operating Closed 2007
Blauer Enzian	Toshimaen	Blauer Enzian version 2	Japan	1982		Defunct since 31 August 2020
Flying Fish	Thorpe Park	Blauer Enzian version 2	UK	1983		Operating
Alpenexpress "Enzian"	Europa-Park	Grottenblitz	Germany	1984		Defunct since 20 June 2023
Grottenblitz	Heide Park	Grottenblitz	Germany	1985		Operating
High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride	Universal Islands of Adventure	Custom	USA	June 22, 2006		Operating
Odinexpressen	Tivoli Gardens	Custom	Denmark	1985		Defunct since 1 December 2018
Gruvbanan	Skara Sommarland	Custom	Sweden	1987		Operating
Scorpion Express	Chessington World of Adventures	Blauer Enzian Version 2	UK	1987		Standing but not operating since July 2023
Spreeblitz	Spreepark Mirapolis	Custom	Germany France	1987	Unknown 1987	Standing but not operating since 2001 Closed 1991
Idän Pikajuna	Tykkimäki	Blauer Enzian Version 2	Finland	1989		Operating
Pikajuna	Linnanmäki	Custom	Finland	1990		Operating
Runaway Mine Train	Alton Towers	Custom	UK	1992		Operating
Train de la Mine	Nigloland	Custom	France	1992		Operating
Alpen Express Formerly Alpen Express Formerly Alpenexpress	Hòn Dáu Resort Kim Dong Flower Garden Harry & Peer Nülken (Travelling)	Blauer Enzian version 3	Vietnam Vietnam Germany	1993	2013 December 2002 1993	Operating Closed 2013 Closed 2002
Dragen	Legoland Billund	Custom	Denmark	1997		Operating
Gletscherblitz	Steinwasen Park	Custom	Germany	1998		Operating
Bob Express	Bobbejaanland	Custom	Belgium	May 15, 2000		Operating
Expreso Minero	Parque Plaza Sesamo	Custom	Mexico	2002 or earlier		Operating
Gobbi Express Formerly Galaxie Express	Taunus Wunderland Space Center	Custom	Germany Germany	December 19, 2003	May 2024 19 December 2003	Operating Closed 26 September 2004
Draak	Plopsaland De Panne	Custom	Belgium	March 4, 2004		Operating
Dynamite Express	Drievliet Family Park	Custom	Netherlands	June 9, 2005		Operating
Arctic Blast	Ocean Park	Custom	China	July 13, 2012		Operating
Miniwah	Freizeitpark Plohn	Custom	Germany	May 24, 2015		Operating
Mælkevejen	Tivoli Gardens	Custom	Denmark	November 28, 2019		Operating
Gods of Egypt - Battle for Eternity	Lionsgate Entertainment World	Custom	China	2019		Operating
Max & Moritz	Efteling	Custom	Netherlands	June 20, 2020		Operating
T-Rex Family Coaster	Djurs Sommerland	Custom	Denmark	April 30, 2022		Operating
Carrara	Mandoria	Custom	Poland	July 2, 2022		Operating
Alpenexpress "Enzian"	Europa-Park	Grottenblitz	Germany	April 26, 2024		Operating

External links

• Powered Coaster on Mack's website

• 

  Powered Coaster on the Roller Coaster DataBase.