Thunder Road
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| Builder | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters | ||||||||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Curtis D. Summers[citation needed] John C. Allen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Wooden - Twin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track layout | Out and Back | ||||||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serial number | 155 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 93 feet | ||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed | 58 mph | ||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3819 feet | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2:10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Thunder Road was a Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters wooden roller coaster located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. It was a twin roller coaster, featuring two individual tracks that ran parallel each other. The ride was designed by John C. Allen.[1]
The coaster was built across the Carolinas state line. The coaster began in South Carolina and then crossed into North Carolina.
History
The ride originally featured automobile-themed trains that originated from the Jetstream at Riverview Park in Chicago, Illinois, USA.[2] The trains were replaced by 1987.
The trains on one of the two tracks ran in reverse from 1996 through 2008.[3]
On May 23, 2015, Carowinds announced that Thunder Road would be removed.[4] It closed on July 26, 2015 and was replaced by the Carolina Harbor waterpark expansion.[5] In 2019, Copperhead Strike opened, with one turn occupying the former plot of Thunder Road.
Design
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The design of the ride was based upon Rebel Yell, another wooden racing coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, USA.
Trains
4 trains with 4 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.
Incident
On April 5, 1999, a sensor failure caused a collision between a train and an empty train in the station. Sixteen riders were onboard, seven of whom were injured. The roller coaster reopened on April 9 following a replacement of all sensors.[6][7]
Images
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The back of the ride -
The coaster's demolition
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References
- ↑ "Coaster Rolls Into 10th year". The Charlotte Observer. 1986-07-05. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ↑ Rutherford, Scott. "Carowinds Celebrates 50 Years". RollerCoaster!. No. 166.
- ↑ Stilwell, Andrew (2015-07-09). "A History of Carowinds' Thunder Road". Coaster101. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ↑ "Carowinds preparing to close wooden roller coaster".
- ↑ "Carowinds Theme Park Shuts Down Vintage Thunder Road Roller Coaster".
- ↑ Seven Injured on Roller Coaster at Paramount's Carowinds - Ultimate Rollercoaster
- ↑ Thunder Road Reopens After Accident with New Sensors - Ultimate Rollercoaster
External links
- Thunder Road on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
- Thunder Road (left side) on Coaster-Count.
- Thunder Road (right side) on Coaster-Count.
- Thunder Road on the parks website
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