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Six Flags St. Louis Eureka, Missouri 1999 Page 2
The River King Mine Train is one of the two mine train coasters that opened at Six Flags St. Louis (the other one was sold to Dollywood where it ran till this year. It was taken out for the Tennessee Tornado but should be back soon elsewhere in the park.). It is in my humble opinion the best steel coaster in the park.
The River King isn't the biggest or most intense but it definitely is FUN! This is one of the nice low to the ground helixes on this ride.
Here's a view from the top of the second of three lifts on this Arrow Dynamics mine train. I don't know what it is but I really love Arrow mine train coasters. They're not complex or sophisticated they're simple speedy rides through the trees with plenty of surprises such as bunny hops or turns and lots of fun!
After the third lift you head down into a nice dark tunnel. Not much happens here but it is refreshing on a hot summer day to fly into some cool air.
This is all that's
left of the other mine train. There's a boarded up door where
the coaster used to come out and the wooden trestle from the track's
supports. I really wish this one was here but Six Flags removed
it after they had a death on one of their mine train coasters.
They had transformed it into a stand-up coaster (the first one I believe)
and a passenger was thrown from the restraints. I think the ride
in question was the River King due to the large opening for the station
there and not much space here. Other mine trains to hit are Adventure
Express @ Paramount's Kings Island, Cedar Creek Mine Ride @ Cedar Point
and the now defunct (but soon to be rebuilt) Excalibur @ Six Flags Astroworld!
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