Holiday World & Splashin' Safari Santa Claus, Indiana
2005 Construction Tour
April 27, 2005 Page Seven
For the Raven's second train
several more brakes were added to the brake run. These are so
a train can be stopped sooner, should the second train dispatch late.
I so need to hop on The Raven
and go for a ride. I keep telling myself just ten more days to
go.
In addition to the transfer
track and storage building the Raven's structure has had a bunch of
new wood added to strengthen it.
With the second train also comes
a new computer control system for the Raven. Instead of the ride
operators controlling the brakes to bring the Raven into the station
now the whole process will be automated. The computer has redundant
systems that will keep track of where the trains are at all times and
keep them apart.