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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC Railroad

« on: November 07, 2008, 11:06:27 PM »

I SAW THIS POSTED AT UsedRides.com.   ANYONE KNOW IF THE TRACK AT SDC WOULD BE THE RIGHT GAUGE.  MAYBE IT COULD BE BACK DATED.  MAYBE IT WOULD FIT IN WITH THE RUMORED NEW AREA? LOOKS PRETTY FANCY, MORE OF A PEOPLE MOVER THAN A TRAIN RIDE. WOULD LOOK AT HOME ON THE MAIN STREET AT CC/??

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / SDC Railroad

« on: November 06, 2008, 08:14:38 PM »

With the talk of a new area being developed near the site of the current train robbery, it has been mentioned that the railroad would be more of a transportation system then a "ride".  How many locomotives and sets of cars are there.  As a transportation system, would there be a demand or need for more frequent arrivals and departures per hour? Is it possible to have more than one train on the line at a time.  As a transportation system, and not a "ride", would there be a need for a more enclosed weather proof cars?   Any talk of upgrading the trains with larger locomotives?  Maybe steam engines with a more typical wheel arrangement and a tender?   If CC is redeveloped, I'd vote for a train, but make sure it would be something similar in size to SDC or larger. Some parks have the smaller trains seen a zoo's or local parks, just don't seem like a major amusement park train.   Any thoughts?