 Another fool tries to standup on coaster
> Blocking points are the only practical places to stop a train on a
> coaster. You don't stop trains in places where you can't roll them
> home again unless you are Anton Schwarzkopf and you remembered to
> include a winch on your mid-course block brake [Footnote 1].
> Footnote 1: The Wildcat model has an uphill block brake at the
> center of the ride. A winch is attached behind the top of that
> hill, and the winch cable is stowed already deployed and ready to
> attach to the back of the car with a quick-release hook.
This is probably a silly question, but I can't tell from this
description: is the procedure automated or does (as I suspect)
a real live human being have to climb up there and make and check
the attachment, turn on the winch, etc.?
-- William December Starr <wdstarr@panix.com> |