Negative-G Six Flags Over Texas 2007 Page Fifteen

Six Flags Over Texas
Arlington, TX
October 20. 2007
Page Fifteen

The Runaway Mine Train Rollercoaster at Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX

Six Flags Over Texas is full of a lot of "firsts". It was the first Six Flags. It had the first log flume. It had the first free fall ride and it is the home to the worlds first mine train style coaster; the aptly named "Runaway Mine Train".

The Runaway Mine Train Rollercoaster at Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX

It's a little hard to get pictures of the Runaway Mine Train as it's not really tall and in the forty-one years since it opened all of the greenery around it has really grown up obscuring the view of it from anyone who isn't riding it.

Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX

Unlike most Six Flags parks it's not just about rides and games but with some really fantastic landscaping it's what a theme park is supposed to do; take us out of reality and put us in a magical place to share with our friends and family. The could have put this "Rockin' Tug" type ride and put it on a concrete pad anywhere and people would have enjoyed it but with some placement over water and with some landscaping it just makes the experience that much more.

Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX

Plus if you want a nice calm place to go and get out of the sun where you can hear the sounds of a stream slowly flowing by Six Flags Over Texas has that as well.