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red dragin

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  1. Smart move when visiting Beenleigh.
  2. Northern extremity of Brisbane. On holidays down the coast starting in just over a week, have passes ready to go. Head home on the 3rd and back to hoboing. Can't delete the tag for pin142 (sorry)
  3. That flat wall could use something, such as a dot painting style taipan, or even just some directional signage.
  4. Add me to the 3rd, as we leave the Gold Coast that day so will miss out 🙄
  5. Was talk of it going off to get worked on by professionals or a TAFE. Can't remember which.
  6. I'm no engineer, so this is just a thought. The additional footings and supports etc aren't a requirement to meet storm/cyclone ratings? Remembering DC Rivals has additional structural steel.
  7. Did Mack Rides tech's come out to Australia for commissioning and staff training? Perhaps this is their primary focus, so that they can fly home. If maintenance is qualified on the operations, they could complete the fine tuning of the wheels themselves.
  8. The old carriages where 6 ton each, plus passengers. The current 'loco' weighs about 7 ton. Loco's rely on the weight of the loco to grip the steel rail (tractive effort). With the low weight pulling compared to the carriages, explains the need for lighter carriages. Curves and climbs (plus both combined) make it harder still to maintain grip.
  9. I'd rather the decent shade in the queue that they've installed, than a fancy fence. Green lantern's lack of shade is a joke in Queensland any time of the year.
  10. Yes, but a pull through is when the train is strapped to the track and slowly dragged through, which would be time consuming. With the known pinch points, you could just size the template and check the areas of concern. Or simply measure it. DCR wasn't inched through, just loaded up and let loose as it has no pinch points.
  11. Serious question, what does a pull through achieve that a tape measure (or surveyor) can't? Or even just fitting the same clearance gauge directly to the track at points of concern. Seems a very tedious process in the age of full computer design and engineering, that we'd still need to manually inch the coaster train around the whole circuit.
  12. Could you please elaborate? (I know nothing about the ride you've mentioned).
  13. @Brad2912 was right, just explaining the costs and effort involved in operating a steam locomotive. Not defending why they don't run it, or support their decision. Just providing some facts. The Ginger Factory one is a former cane loco, much like what dreamworld has/had. But it has a diesel engine and gearbox in the tender that actually powers it.
  14. The thing is, Dreamworld have to pay a qualified people to operate the steam loco. Plus the specialised maintenance personnel and tools required to maintain it. You've got several hundred litres of water at 180psi of pressure, sitting at around 190 degrees. The fire (it burns oil) needs to be started several hours before trips start, as well as shut down procedures. The boiler requires independent inspections (yearly I think), these are in the thousands of dollars and there are very few people in the country who do them now. You can't train a couple of ride attendants to run that and get a truck mechanic in to change the oil. Progress on the Perry continues, but covid has slowed it further. Even without labour costs, these are expensive things to bring back to operational standards.
  15. School's back, it's weekdays straight after a lockdown. Will be quiet. As Brad said, cheaper to stay closed, tidy up, test rides and be ready for a likely busier first weekend post lockdown.
  16. Probably two or three days more. Only because of how quickly Victoria blew up with the newest outbreak. They'll be nervous about opening up too soon.
  17. Is it possible that because the train is classed as an amusement ride and not a railway (they aren't under the supervision of the National Rail Regulator), that they've had to change the carriages to meet the new standards? This could be due to the major changes to the 'ride' (ie track shortening, new route) preventing them from grandfathering the existing carriages under the older standards. The newer route shouldn't be as tough as the curve will be less tight even though it will still have a steepish gradient to it.
  18. Is the existing maintenance shed completely gone? Perhaps they leave Rocky Hollow for now as a storage area and maintenance spur, eliminating the existing one and the gradient up to it. Would keep it all out of sight.
  19. Ah yep, my mistake. Got the whole "nah, we're not building a new coaster, just ignore that track and all that machinery" confused with the videos (how did I ever forget the world's smallest microphone!)
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