# Mine train roller coaster

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Type of steel roller coaster

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Mine train roller coaster Colorado Adventure at Phantasialand, a typical mine train roller coaster. Status In Production: Vekoma, Golden Horse, and Intamin Discontinued: Arrow Development, and Arrow Dynamics First manufactured 1966 Manufacturers Vekoma, Golden Horse, Intamin, Arrow Development, and Arrow Dynamics

A **mine train roller coaster** is a [steel](/source/Steel_roller_coaster) [roller coaster](/source/Roller_coaster) whose [trains](/source/Roller_coaster_train) often depict a set of [mine carts](/source/Mine_cart), with the forward-most car or portions of it sometimes resembling a small [steam locomotive](/source/Steam_locomotive). Most mine train roller coasters are [themed](/source/Theming) in the style of a [mine](/source/Mining), a [Western](/source/Western_(genre)) scene, or simply a [mountain range](/source/Mountain_range).

Traditional mine train roller coaster track elements include several banked turns and helices. There are sometimes level straightaway sections, but few large drops. Most include more than one lift hill. Often, a mine train roller coaster will make its way through trees, tunnels, rock formations, and over small bodies of water. Some feature scenes with [animatronic](/source/Animatronics) figures.

The first mine train roller coaster of its kind was [Runaway Mine Train](/source/Runaway_Mine_Train_(Six_Flags_Over_Texas)) (*Run-A-Way Mine Train* until 1995) at [Six Flags Over Texas](/source/Six_Flags_Over_Texas). Built by [Arrow Development](/source/Arrow_Development) in 1966, Mine Train is the oldest roller coaster in the park.[1] With [Matterhorn Bobsleds](/source/Matterhorn_Bobsleds) at [Disneyland](/source/Disneyland) (built in 1959 also by Arrow), it is one of the first roller coasters with tubular steel tracks.

Other notable mine train roller coasters are [Colorado Adventure](/source/Colorado_Adventure) in [Phantasialand](/source/Phantasialand), the [Big Thunder Mountain Railroad](/source/Big_Thunder_Mountain_Railroad) in various [Disney](/source/The_Walt_Disney_Company) parks, [Thunder Run](/source/Thunder_Run_(Canada's_Wonderland)) in [Canada's Wonderland](/source/Canada's_Wonderland), [Cedar Creek Mine Ride](/source/Cedar_Creek_Mine_Ride) at [Cedar Point](/source/Cedar_Point), [Adventure Express](/source/Adventure_Express) at [Kings Island](/source/Kings_Island), and [Thunderation](/source/Thunderation) in [Silver Dollar City](/source/Silver_Dollar_City) near [Branson, Missouri](/source/Branson%2C_Missouri).

## Manufacturers

Manufacturer Model Number Production Arrow Dynamics Mini Mine Train 4 1967–1969 Mine Train 16 1966–1997 Beijing Chen Jinying Amusement Equipment Mine Car 1 2016 Beijing Jiuhua Amusement Rides Mine Coaster 2 2013–2014 Beijing Shibaolai Amusement Equipment Mine Coaster 6 1999–present Intamin Family Coaster Ulven 3 1997–present Jinma Rides Mine Coaster 37 2008–present S&S Worldwide Mine Train Coaster 1 2013–present Technical Park Gold Mine Coaster 2 2020–present Vekoma Mine Train 15 1992–present Seven Dwarfs Mine Train 2 2014–present

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Runaway Mine Train - Six Flags Over Texas (Arlington, Texas, United States)"](https://rcdb.com/30.htm). *rcdb.com*. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Mine train roller coasters](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mine_train_roller_coasters).

- [Intamin official website](http://www.intaminworldwide.com/amusement/RollerCoasters/Mine+Train/tabid/138/ProductNumber/Mine+Train/language/de-DE/Default.aspx)

- [Vekoma official website](http://www.vekoma.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=12)

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