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The train then ascends the first element, which is an outside banked turn, where the track is banked over to 153° before rolling back out of the bank. After going around a low-to-the-ground curve, the train enters a 100-foot-tall (30 m) double down followed by a 70-foot-tall (21 m) double up .
Shocking video showed the moment a speeding passenger train slammed into a Florida fire truck that drove past a warning gate onto the tracks, injuring 15 people, including three smoke eaters.
The ride includes an 1800s themed train depot, a water tower, a trestle overpass bridge, a train wreck scene, a staged train robbery, a tunnel, a rectangular shaped roundhouse and an at-grade railroad crossing. It consists of a total of seven steam locomotives, with four of them in operating condition as of 2023. The railroad is 1.52 miles long.
After leaving the station, the train makes a 180-degree right turn and climbs 120 feet (37 m) up a chain lift hill. The train turns 90 degrees to the left after reaching the top, then descends 155 feet (47 m) down the first drop. This is followed by an Immelmann loop, a vertical loop, and a cobra roll – the latter of which inverts riders twice.
A 3-D printed steam train, a model of the Frisco Silver Dollar Line Steam Train, is an upgrade from the original Fire In The Hole's strobe light placed within a coffee can before the drop inside ...
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue transported 12 people from the train to the hospital with minor injuries. Images posted on social media showed a mangled fire truck lying next to the train tracks.
On July 9, 1980, a 23-year-old man was killed and a 27-year-old woman was injured while riding Fire in the Hole. A train on the roller coaster was accidentally switched to a maintenance track and storage area, which had low-hanging structures across the track. The male passenger's head struck one of these structures, killing him.
Three firefighters and 12 train passengers were hospitalized after a Brightline train crashed with a fire truck in crowded downtown Delray Beach late Saturday morning. The crash took place about ...