Thunder Road
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| Builder | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. | ||||||||
| Type | Wooden - Twin - Out and back | ||||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||
Height93 feet
Top speed58 mph Length3819 feet Inversions0 Duration2:10
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Thunder Road was a Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters wooden roller coaster located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina. The ride was a twin roller coaster, featuring two individual tracks that ran parallel each other. The design of the ride was based upon Rebel Yell, another wooden racing coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, USA.
The coaster was built across the Carolinas state line. The coaster begins in South Carolina and then crosses into North Carolina.
Thunder Road closed on July 26, 2015 and was replaced by the Carolina Harbor waterpark expansion.
Incident[edit | edit source]
On April 5, 1999, a sensor failure caused a collision between a train and an empty train in the station. Sixteen riders were on-board, seven of whom were injured. The roller coaster reopened on April 9 following a replacement of all sensors.[1][2]
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| Roller coasters at Carowinds | |||||||||
| Present | Afterburn • Carolina Cyclone • Carolina Goldrusher • Copperhead Strike • Flying Cobras • Fury 325 • Hurler • Intimidator • Kiddy Hawk • Nighthawk • Ricochet • Vortex • Wilderness Run • Woodstock Express | ||||||||
| Former | Flying Super Saturator • Thunder Road • White Lightnin' | ||||||||