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A total of six trains with six cars each, made by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, were modified following an opening-year fatality that occurred when an obese woman wasn't properly harnessed. Construction, it was the world's first coaster to feature two drops in excess of 100 feet (a first drop of 115 feet followed by another drop of 105 feet).īuilt by International Amusement Devices Inc., the custom, two-track coaster took park visitors on a 2.5-minute ride and reached speeds up to 62 mph. Designed by Santa Clarita Valley resident Doug Bernards of Bernards Bros.

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Portable toilet provided by Andy Gump Inc., a family-owned, Santa Clarita Valley-based company that started in 1956.Ĭolossus was one of the tallest and fastest wooden roller coasters in the world when it opened June 29, 1978. comm., 2020), who later worked for Newhall Plumbing. The coaster's air brakes were crafted by Newhall Plumbing (brothers Mike, Kenny and David Barnett), according to Tony Gross (pers. That gradually are growing close to one another.' The huge structure, more than 150 feet tall and 1,068 feet long, is being built in three sections Will cover 1.75 miles at more than 60 mph. It is being built entirely of wood, including the side-by-side tracks on which cars Scheduled to open in middle or late May, it will be the longest, tallest and fastest such rideĪnywhere, with two steep falls of more than 100 feet. Magic Mountain amusement park at Valencia. Original cutline: 'WORLD'S BIGGEST - Rightly named the Colossus, this granddaddy of all roller coasters is nearing completion at the From the Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive, Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Staff writer Brenda Gazzar contributed to this report.Panoramic view of construction of Magic Mountain's Colossus roller coaster, April 7, 1978. In 2008, a 21-year-old man was struck unconscious by a car on the ride when he lost his hat and climbed two security fences to retrieve it, according to news reports. None involved Ninja, and most involved injuries to employees on other rides. A wheel was severed, which caused the front axle to derail, according to the Cal/OSHA report.ĭata from the federal OSHA office show there have been four accidents at Magic Mountain in the past 10 years. It paused, then rolled backward 20 feet before stopping. The train struck the tree, then continued on for 30 feet. State inspectors with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health were called to investigate how and why a pine tree fell across Ninja’s tracks causing the first car on the ride to derail.

There are four coasters of its kind in the nation, according to Magic Mountain. Ninja is described as a suspended swinging roller coaster in which riders whip around the track at 55 mph.

In July, four people suffered minor injuries after a tree branch fell on the track of the Ninja roller coaster. Monday’s fire was the second incident in which Los Angeles County firefighters responded to the park in less than three months. Twisted Colossus will feature 5,000 feet of track. The ride will include “Top Gun Stall” - an inversion where the train slows while upside down - and a “High Five” that has two trains passing through an overbanked turn facing each other and providing the illusion that riders can reach out and “high five” one another. Renamed “Twisted Colossus,” the new ride will combine the wooden structure with an iron-horse steel track to give it speed, officials said. The blaze was contained in less than an hour.Ĭolossus has been closed since Aug.

“We’re fighting a structure of considerable size and one of the considerations we have is we want to make sure it’s a safe enough distance in case the structure was to collapse,” Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Scott Miller said. Flames and smoke could be seen from the 5 Freeway as more than 30 Los Angeles County firefighters battled the blaze with ladder pipes and nozzles that could spray 1,000 gallons a minute. The fire, the second emergency call at the park in three months, was reported at 1:32 p.m. “The park was closed (Monday) and there were no injuries.” “It was started while work was being done to disassemble the ride,” Magic Mountain spokeswoman Sue Carpenter said. VALENCIA > Fire consumed a portion of Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Colossus on Monday, but the blaze won’t hamper ongoing construction to renovate the iconic wooden ride into a newer, faster and smoother coaster, park officials said.Ī welder’s torch appears to have ignited the blaze on the tracks near the tip of the ride’s lift hill, according to a watch commander at the Santa Clarita sheriff’s station.

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