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Mean Streak RMC Conversion Update #1: Track on the Turnaround
- Nov 11, 2016
- 2 min read
Even after all of the evidence I provided in an article I posted on October 20, 2016, more proof has become available. Steel track from Idaho-based coaster manufacturer Rocky Mountain Construction, (also referred to as "RMC"), has been placed on the existing support structure of Cedar Point's Mean Streak, which permanently closed in mid-September, as seen in a new photo (pictured below) posted by Taylor Bybee (@coasterstudios) on Instagram last night.
The brown "I-Box" or "Iron Horse" track placed on Mean Streak's support structure is identical in design and looks to previous RMC coaster projects with the Iron Horse track type.
Mean Streak closed on September 16 of this year because of low ridership and poor aging, the latter leading to roughness and an anything but eventful ride. RMC is a roller coaster manufacturing company that has been in business since 2001, and started building coasters in 2009. The company offers three coaster models, each with different track types. The Iron Horse track model has, at the time of the blog post being written, only been used to remake existing wooden coasters. RMC removes the old track, but leaves the majority of the support structure alone, with a few tweaks. RMC does alter the structure, and sometimes has to add more structuring, to support the new layout of the coaster. RMC gives these coasters new, extreme layouts that are almost entirely different from their previous ones. Changes may include drop steepness, amount of airtime hills, added inversions, and overbanked turns.
Ever since RMC began working on Texas Giant, (now New Texas Giant after the RMC makeover), at Six Flags Over Texas, Mean Streak has been the number one coaster to have been rumored to receive RMC's help. Before then, most people wanted the coaster to just be torn down. Luckily for coaster enthusiasts, that's not happening. Now that the new Iron Horse track has been placed on Mean Streak's support structure, the coaster is all but confirmed to become a new extreme RMC thrill machine.
Courtesy of coastergallery.com
In the amusement industry, when coaster track is officially placed, that typically means a coaster will open the following season. However, projects by RMC sometimes begin construction early. Expect this new coaster to open for the 2018 season.
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