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Builder | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||
Designer / calculations | Curtis D. Summers | ||||||||||||||||||
Type | Wooden - Twin | ||||||||||||||||||
Track layout | Out and Back | ||||||||||||||||||
Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||||||||
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 coaster was built across the Carolinas state line. The coaster began in South Carolina and then crossed into North Carolina.
History
Thunder Road closed on July 26, 2015 and was replaced by the Carolina Harbor waterpark expansion.[1] 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.[2][3]
Images
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The back of the ride
References
External links
- Thunder Road on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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