Runaway Mine Train
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Runaway Mine Train
Six Flags Over Texas · US · Arrow Development Mine Train
“Boomtown sent a little train under Caddo Lake, and history followed.”
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- Runaway Mine Train opened at Six Flags Over Texas on July 23, 1966. en.wikipedia.org
- Arrow Development built it as a steel Mine Train coaster. en.wikipedia.org
- The ride stands 35 feet, or 10.7 metres, tall. en.wikipedia.org
- Its listed top speed is 56 kilometres per hour. en.wikipedia.org
- It has zero inversions. coasterpedia.net
- Its reported cost was $1,000,000, with a capacity of 2,010 riders per hour. en.wikipedia.org
- It is widely described as the world’s first mine train roller coaster. sfotsource.com
The story of Runaway Mine Train
In the summer of 1966, visitors to the Boomtown section of Six Flags Over Texas found a new sort of railway waiting for them. Arrow Development’s Runaway Mine Train opened there on July 23, carrying the frontier language of timber, tunnels and ore carts into the modern steel age. sfotsource.com· en.wikipedia.org
The achievement was modest in height but large in consequence. Built for $1,000,000 and rising 35 feet, the coaster helped establish the mine train form that would travel far beyond Arlington, a family railway of curves, lifts and enclosed passages rather than loops. en.wikipedia.org· coaster101.com
Its most memorable journey belongs to the water. After its final lift, the train drops toward a tunnel beneath Caddo Lake, so that the visitor’s little mining expedition ends by slipping under the park’s own landscape before returning to the station. en.wikipedia.org· sfotsource.com
The name has wandered and returned, as old park names sometimes do. It was shortened to Mine Train in 1996, later restored as Runaway Mine Train, and it remains in operation as the oldest roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. coasterpedia.net· sfotsource.com
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- sfotsource.com Acceptable source
- sfotsource.com Acceptable source
- coaster101.com Acceptable source
This background is AI-drafted from public sources and human-reviewed before publishing — approved 20 August 2026.