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Six Flags Over Mid-America Circa the 70's/80's


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I cam across some old picture files while cleaning out and old laptop today, and thought I would post them here.

 

These are shots of Six Flags Over Mid-America ( SFSTL) as it was called back then. for those of you who remember the park like this, these shots should bring back some memories for you. I hope the rest of you enjoy them as much as I do..

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this was the ad picture for the Rail Blazer.

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The Ill fated "Rail Blazer" instead of building a new coaster, Six Flags put stand up trains on the current Mine train track.. didnt work too well, a rough ride it was. this ride didn't make it past the 1984 season, and the mine train was returned to its

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park pamphlet advertising the Jetscream!

this is circa 1981

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"Injun Joes Cave" which is now the Scooby Doo haunted adventure.

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The Riverking Mine train station-- for many years during the 80's the track it runs on now was not in operation, . This station is now closed, the track was removed and the coaster now runs on the other track.

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The "Sky Shooter" Tallest thrill ride in the world! 250ft of slow fun

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The Buccaneer! wich was transformed into the jokers Jinx in the late 80's early 90's

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these are the "super sport cars" we had these in addition to the anitque cars. Batman and Hurricane Harbor occupy this area now

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another shot of the better of the 2 tracks

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River king Mine Train-- the best of the 2 tracks..this was removed and the Ninja sits here now.

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The "old Chicago" section of the Illinois section of the park-- Right behind this sign is where the Rush Street Flyer sits now..

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Worlds fair train station, in front of the Palace Music hall

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Hoo Hoo log flume postcard

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The Skyway

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Six Flags Logo bumpersticker

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Wow, I finally get to see pics of the old River King Mine Ride with the stand-up trains. Awesome

 

 

Yeah, Pictures of the Rail Blazer are very hard to find, it was only open one season, and it didn't even make it a full season, the ride was shut down on

Saturday, July 7, 1984 after a woman was flung out of the car and fell 20 feet to her death.

 

The ride itself was very rough, a mine train coaster should remain a mine train coaster...lol

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here are a few more shots...

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The Jetscream Opening season 1981

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The old dolphin show, wich was switched to the US diving team show, then the ever popular "Robin Hood Stunt Spectacular"

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veiw from the Sky Way going to the Illinois section of the park

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the Hoo Hoo log flume

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A staple at most of the Six Flags parks during the 70's - the Krofft Puppet show theatre

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This is the Haunted house that was at the front entrance of the park during the 80's

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How about giving some props to the site where you got those RailBlazer and Jet Scream pics:

 

www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Reef/6776/top

 

RailBlazer did reopen with additional seatbelts, if I remember correctly, about a month after the accident. It ran that way for the rest of the season, and then the old sit-down trains were put back on.

 

 

Yes props are due here.....thanks for mentioning that for me!

 

this IS where the Rail Blazer/ Jetscream pic came from....

http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Reef/6776/top

 

Visit it when the page is available, its got some cool pics there.

 

the coaster did reopen- but was switched back to the Mine train for the following season.

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Awesome Retro Photo TR!! Is it just me or did parks look alot more nicer back then?

 

Thanks for sharing

 

JEFF

 

Thanks...

 

and yes, the parks were NICER back then.. and it was like that all during my youth at the park, till around the mid 80's, and then the park started getting some rough edges.

 

Back then we actually had people that went around all day and did nothing but sweep up trash, when I worked there, they were called gophers.

and they did a great job of keeping the park neat. and believe it or not, when I was growing up. walls didn't get covered with gum like they do nowdays....gross!

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^ I bet the dolphins didn't. Seriously though, I've seen some small dolphin tanks in the past ('70s + '80s), but wow, I've probably been in hot tubs bigger than that! And the sad thing is, there's plenty of places around the world still operating like that.

 

Anyway, sorry to stray into that mini Peta rant. The old park pics are always great to see. Thanks for showing 'em.

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I do have a few more, so as soon as I get a chance tommorow or later on tonight, I will try and post the rest. I have a few shots from other parks too, will try and post those as well

 

http://sixflagsstlouis.net/galleries/historic_photos.htm

 

There you will find some old pics of the park also. Here is one from the site of the tank when being built and dive show.

 

Go visit their site, they have one of the animatronic injun joe from the dark ride in the 70's now Sally's Sccoby Doo Ghostblasters.

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The tank looks a little wider here.

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The tank looks small here, even with the guy standing in the middle.

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holy crap!!!

 

There are some great shots there! thanks for posting that link...

 

Might as well add some more to the thread, these were the rest from earlier that I mentioned were going to get posted...

 

 

 

and since this is a thread about old shots, there are 3 bonus shots, not from Six Flags...

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Thats all the Pics for now, Enjoy them everyone!!

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And Speaking of the "Orient Express"

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brochure the year the orient express made its debute!

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coming round the corkscrew!

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the seven story high double upsidedown Screamroller!

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The Jetscream in action!

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The Jetscream!

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description of the Jetscream from the brochure..

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the moon antique cars back in the day.

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ah yes, we cant forget goodtime hollow!

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another view of the park from the Skyway

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this is the pin they were passing out the first season the Eagle was open

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one of my favorite shots of the Eagle coming down the first drop

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this is a shot of the back of that same booklet, notice the prices for that year! OMG

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here is a copy of the park brochure the season the Screaming Eagle opened, spring 1976!

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another shot from that fun ride...

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"Adventures on the Mississippi" this was always a fun ride!

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Can't get enough of that retro goodness. It's amazing to see how clean the parks appeared back then. I guess that's when Americans still had a few morals and ethics about visiting places.

 

Anywho, how tall were those skyride towers? Maybe it's just me, but they look freakin' huge! I'm trying to picture all the other skyrides I've ever been on (Magic Kingdom, Disneyland, BGT, SFOG, etc, etc) and it just seems like none of them were that high up. Maybe I'm wrong, and it just looks different. Can any skyride fanatics out there clarify that? It just sort of caught my eye for some strange reason.

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