Six Flags Darien Lake (SFDL) Discussion Thread

[Doppel Looping]

The patina of neglect!

[Sk610]

Screamscape is reporting that SFA's intamin trains showed up at SFDL. That would give them as many as 4 trains possibly on a ride where they only run 1. I know at least 1 is for parts, if not both, but it's a small start

 

https://x.com/Fightingmoon342/status/2006265493662113793/photo/1

 

[ricklap77]

Plenty of train parts now!  I still hope Superman at SFA gets saved not scrapped!

[pryonisys]

Dumb question, did SFA run two trains on Superman?  Just curious if the brake run (insanely short) was good enough there to prevent bumping the train in the station, and if that could be a change made to Darien Lake's ROS.  Because of how the park is run I don't anticipate them running two trains any time soon, but it would be nice if they could.

[CaptainUnknown]

There could also be insurance/legal reasons why Darien Lake only runs one train. Remember when New Jersey said that Kingda Ka and Zumanjaro could not both be in cycle at the same time?

[Sk610]

Promises, SFA added an additional brake caliper to their brake run so the didn't have to worry about the trains bumping in the station

[pryonisys]

13 hours ago, Sk610 said:

Promises, SFA added an additional brake caliper to their brake run so the didn't have to worry about the trains bumping in the station

Thanks I was wondering that.
Of course it doesn't mean Darien Lake will, but was I was just curious what the difference was between the two regarding the brakes

[Sk610]

It is my understanding that DL's version does not have the extra brake caliper