before raging bull

by **Mr.SIX** on August 17th, 2005, 6:50 pm

I know before raging bull was a bobsled coaster does anyone have pictures of this roller coaster?

by **[jonrev]** on August 17th, 2005, 6:58 pm

by **SFGAmfan** on August 17th, 2005, 7:01 pm

Actually I think Rolling Thunder occupied the Viper queue/Trailblazer area more so than Raging Bull. Pictures can be found at rcdb, just type in rolling thunder.

by **rich12_16** on August 17th, 2005, 7:10 pm

This is for all the lazy people.

by **Mr.SIX** on August 17th, 2005, 7:10 pm

ok. thanks

by **CoasterDude12-2** on August 17th, 2005, 7:27 pm

Wow! I never knew how much space SWT and HH took up

by **twixmix0303** on August 17th, 2005, 7:28 pm

How exactly did the brakes work on one of these things?

by **Aero737** on August 17th, 2005, 7:35 pm

There is no brakeing of the ride while it's free in "bobsled" mode. I'm also assuming that this ride carry's no trim brakes. The ride follows a track just like any other coaster for the lift and station/station brake run. The ride is slowly funnled back to the center of the track where it fin brakes slow it down just like any other ride.

http://www.rcdb.com/ig984.htm?picture=10
View at the top of the lift where it transitions from "track" mode to "bobsled" mode.

by **twixmix0303** on August 17th, 2005, 8:25 pm

On Rich 12_16's picture, it looks like there are two MCBRs. If they're not, does anyone know what they are?

by **CoasterDude12-2** on August 17th, 2005, 9:09 pm

I've been to SFOT and their bobsled, called La Vibora has brakes, but the brakes are on a track, in between segments of slide.

by **Aero737** on August 17th, 2005, 9:18 pm

I stand corrected about the brakes. That is this Midcourse (Block) section for multiple train operation.

by **Jamesb58** on August 17th, 2005, 9:23 pm

I've been on Rolling Thunder tons of times, back in it's day's here
at Great America, and pretty much the breaks did slow down the
train a bit. From what I remember, going into them was a bit
rough, but hey, I still love Rolling Thunder!!

by **[jonrev]** on August 17th, 2005, 9:35 pm

It's in New York now.

I don't remember seeing it and I've been going to GAm since I was a toddler.

R.I.P. Deja Vu 10/07/01-10/28/07

SFGAmfan wrote:Actually I think Rolling Thunder occupied the Viper queue/Trailblazer area more so than Raging Bull. Pictures can be found at rcdb, just type in rolling thunder.

Viper and Rolling Thunder stood at the same time in 1995. If I had the 1995 map I could show you what it looked like. It was torn down to make room for Southwest Territory. It also occupied the space where Raging Bulls turnaround is.

Go to http://www.coasterpictures.net and go to SFGAm's page. Then click on Rolling Thunder to see a comparison of before SWT and after. Thats the best I can do.

by **[jonrev]** on August 17th, 2005, 9:46 pm

Look at the top photo in the upper left corner.
http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatamer ... viper.html

Website · by **EagleFan344** on August 17th, 2005, 9:51 pm

Wow that comparison is amazing.

by **Aaron084** on August 18th, 2005, 12:16 am

I remember going on it when I was little. The two things I remember the most are how much the ride actually sounded like thunder, and also how much it hurt when the trains hit the breaks. The trains would jerk sideways really hard when they slowed down, causing a lot of pain on the legs where the large lapbars were. It was still a fun ride though! Its great to coast freely not on a set track.

by **playerplex** on August 18th, 2005, 12:39 am

SFGAmfreak4life wrote:
SFGAmfan wrote:Actually I think Rolling Thunder occupied the Viper queue/Trailblazer area more so than Raging Bull. Pictures can be found at rcdb, just type in rolling thunder.

Viper and Rolling Thunder stood at the same time in 1995. If I had the 1995 map I could show you what it looked like. It was torn down to make room for Southwest Territory. It also occupied the space where Raging Bulls turnaround is.

Go to http://www.coasterpictures.net and go to SFGAm's page. Then click on Rolling Thunder to see a comparison of before SWT and after. Thats the best I can do.

Part of Rolling Thunder was in the spot of Vipers snake queue. Viper didn't have that section of queue until Rolling Thunder was removed.

by **SfGaMownz** on August 18th, 2005, 1:29 am

Yeah, there was also a path across that long field between the queue and the exit so you could reride and didn't have to walk all the way out to the damn bridge since it was so far away.

by **sfgam05** on August 18th, 2005, 2:15 am

I think what jon revelle meant to point out was the bobsled ride in the background, its on the upper left hand corner, sorry if previous posters noticed it . It just seemed like no one did. I think its rolling thunder if i am not mistaken.

by **FParker185** on August 19th, 2005, 2:42 am

>damn bridge

Sorry but that is a proper name, used only to describe the damn bridge that is far to narrow and has a gigantic ramp instead of steps at the important end at SFKK that splits the park in half.

R.I.P. Deja Vu 10/07/01-10/28/07

Jon Revelle wrote:Look at the top photo in the upper left corner.
http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatamer ... viper.html

Ive never seen that picture before. Thanks for showing it.

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