Silver Dollar City
Branson, Missouri
World Fest 2013
April 19-21, 2013
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Outlaw Run is the second coaster by Rocky Mountain Construction.  Their first project transformed the Texas Giant from a wooden coaster into The New Texas Giant which is no longer a wooden coaster, or at least I don't consider it one as it runs on polyurethane wheels and has a track that is all steel with no layers of wood in it.  I'd either consider that ride a steel coaster or a hybrid.



So how would I classify Outlaw Run?  It is a wooden coaster all the way.  It runs on metal wheels and like the rest of the wooden coasters out there it runs on a flat steel rail that sits on top of layers of wood for track.  The big difference between this and all of the other wooden coasters in existence today is that the wood is added to the pre-bent steel track rather than the other way around. Also the road, guide and up-stop rails (the top, side and underneath track for those non coaster nuts out there) are all constructed together as one uniform piece.  The good thing about this is they are structurally part of the ride and will keep it smooth and inexpensive to maintain throughout the years. 



Long time Negative-G visitors will know that I love coasters that use terrain and Outlaw Run masterfully uses the craggy terrain that it sits on starting off with a lift that takes you up just 107 feet but it drops you 162 feet down into a ravine.



The airtime on Outlaw Run's first drop is just psychotic as you are just ejected forcefully into the lap bar and fly all the way down.  I love me an aggressive coaster and that was a great way to kick off this one. 

Oh, as Outlaw Run is built out away from the park in the woods it is kind of hard to get photos of it.  So many of these were taken from Silver Dollar City's train ride.



This really twisted piece of track is Outlaw Run's first inversion.



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