Runaway Train (Monty Hammond)

Runaway Train

Monty Hammond (UK)
Location	Travelling, UK
Status	In storage
Operated	2004 to 2018

Jay Wilson (UK) (loan)
Location	Travelling, UK
Operated	During 2018

Walton Pier
Location	Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England, UK
Coordinates	51°50′46″N 1°16′24″E / 51.845994°N 1.273472°E / 51.845994; 1.273472
Operated	1996 to 2003

Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach
Location	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Operated	1989 to 1991 or later

Statistics

Manufacturer

Product

Type

Track layout

Riders per train

20

Hourly capacity

850

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Area

35 metres × 16 metres

Height

7.5 metres

Top speed

36 km/h

Length

220 metres

Inversions

0

Runaway Train is a steel roller coaster built by Italian manufacturer Diego Cavazza currently in storage with UK showman Monty Hammond.

History

The coaster was new to Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach in 1989.^[1]

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Chain lift hill Helix Helix

Trains

Single train with 3 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 12 riders per train.

References

↑ "£1m. investment for Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach". World's Fair. No. 4398. 20 January 1989. p. 1.

External links

Runaway Train on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Present

Attractions

Dodgems Ferris Wheel Hardrock Waltzer Kristall Palace Red Baron Tea Cups Twist

Former

Coasters

Runaway Train

Attractions

Big Wheel Cyclone Twist Cyclone Twist Dodgems Gallopers Helicopters Noah's Ark Pirate Pete's Galleons Ski Jump Spin City Waltzer Spooky Gold Mine Superbowl

Present

Coasters

Big Apple Family Star Roller Coaster Whirlwind

Former

Coasters

Alpen Blitz Disney Rollercoaster Looping Star Runaway Train Scenic Railway Toboggan

Attractions

Cake Walk Calyspo Caterpillar Condor Dive Bomber Dodgems

(unknown)

Dodgems

(1972–1974)

Dodgems

(1981)

Drag Cars Dream Dancer Drive-In Dodgems Evolution Flipper Formula One Freefall Ghost Train Giant Wheel

(2017)

Giant Wheel

(2016)

Golden Gallopers It's Bad Jetfire Jets Lightning Swirl Log Flume Love Train Mat Moonrocket Orbiter Rock 'n' Roll Waltzer Rock-O-Plane Satellite Scream Machine Shake-It Sizzler Ski Jump Sky Diver Sky Flyer Sky Wheels Snake Slides Space Race Space Shuttle NASA Super Trooper Supreme Waltzer Tornado Twister Typhoon UFO Ultimate Waltzer Viking Waltzer

(1963–1971)

Waltzer

(1996–1997)

Waltzer

(unknown)

Water Chute XLR8

[1] "£1m. investment for Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach". World's Fair. No. 4398. 20 January 1989. p. 1.

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