You can see a great side-by-side comparison of Topper Track (of the left) and IBOX track (on the right) in a picture on Wikipedia to see what I mean.
RMC’s Topper Track is their modern take on the traditional wooden coaster track system and still involves having layers of wood placed below the rails, keeping these as traditional wooden coasters and not hybrids. If you hunt through the comments section, you can find someone asking them if the work is going to be “RMC re track? Kinds like what you did with tremors?” and the official answer from the park was “Yes.” So previously Silverwood added some RMC “Topper Track” to Tremors to smooth out some rough patches, but it is worth noting that this is not RMC’s Hybrid style IBOX track system. (1/30/22) In a post on Facebook, Silverwood posted pictures of Timber Terror and Tremors under construction and both said to be “getting some new track this offseason”. The only exception I know of would be Lightning Rod at Dollywood, which was said to have converted about 75% of the rails from Topper to IBox, but as it was already running an RMC train, this may have been why that partial conversion was possible.Ģ08 RetraK allows a new track system similar to IBox but with the ability to be added in sections with existing classic wooden coaster track, all while allowing park’s to continue to use their existing wooden coaster trains.Ī great 4K POV video of Tremor’s shows off the state of the ride in 2021 following the addition of several sections of this new track system, and it is quite easy to tell in the video as the track switches back and forth from traditional wooden coaster track to the new RMC “RetraK” rail system. There aren’t too many pictures of the 208 RetraK rails on the website, but in all honesty the new rails do look nearly identical to RMC’s IBox hybrid-coaster track design, with the key difference being that normally I believe normally IBox coasters have to be fully converted to the new track system and use new trains.
#IBOX TRACKER UPGRADE#
The website mentions the use of it for everything from upgrading a small “troubled area” on a coaster, the ability to upgrade 150+ foot sections of track year after year, all the way up to a full circuit replacement. Tracking this down, it seems RMC launched a third track style in 2021 which they are calling “208 RetraK”.īased on RMCs innovation and design work for both Topper and IBox track systems, RMC is promoting the new 208 RetraK system directly as a track replacement system intended to be integrated into existing wooden roller coasters. At first I was under the impression that the sections of track already replaced on Tremors by RMC were done so with Topper Track, while others were telling me they thought it was actually RMC’s IBox track system. Park News - (2/12/22) I’ve got a quick correction to make regarding the work RMC has been doing at Silverwood on the Tremors coaster. If you’re a theme park lover or enjoy the best thrill rides the world has to offer, you’ve found the right place.įrom new ride announcements, construction reports and the latest rumors: Screamscape always has something new to report.
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