Runawaytrain (Roller Coaster)

Runaway Train was a steel sit-down roller coaster opened in 1987 at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort in southwest London, England. Designed by John Wardley. Although the coaster itself survives, it was redesigned in 2014 to Scorpion Express. HistoryRunaway Train was opened by Chessington World of Adventures in London for their Calamity Canyon area, later renamed "Mexicana". Runaway Train had a Wild West theme designed by John Wardley and featured an extensively themed queueline, taking guests above buildings, around a lake and down into a small mine. The coaster was a steel powered model bought from Mack Rides. It closed at the end of the 2012 season and left SBNO for a year. The ride was rethemed into Scorpion Express in 2014. The coaster was originally designed to travel in and out of a cave feature, which enclosed half the track and hid much of the structure, creating an interacting rocky landscape. However, due to its semi-temporary construction and prolonged lack of maintenance over the years, the cave feature was removed in 2012 and the ride closed. To avoid spending on maintenance for such a feature in the future, Merlin redesigned the ride without any interacting structure and rebranded it as a new coaster. The ride's track and train were unchanged, apart from new colour schemes and surrounding theming.

Runaway Train was a steel sit-down roller coaster opened in 1987 at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort in southwest London, England. Designed by John Wardley. Although the coaster itself survives, it was redesigned in 2014 to Scorpion Express. HistoryRunaway Train was opened by Chessington World of Adventures in London for their Calamity Canyon area, later renamed "Mexicana". Runaway Train had a Wild West theme designed by John Wardley and featured an extensively themed queueline, taking guests above buildings, around a lake and down into a small mine. The coaster was a steel powered model bought from Mack Rides. It closed at the end of the 2012 season and left SBNO for a year. The ride was rethemed into Scorpion Express in 2014. The coaster was originally designed to travel in and out of a cave feature, which enclosed half the track and hid much of the structure, creating an interacting rocky landscape. However, due to its semi-temporary construction and prolonged lack of maintenance over the years, the cave feature was removed in 2012 and the ride closed. To avoid spending on maintenance for such a feature in the future, Merlin redesigned the ride without any interacting structure and rebranded it as a new coaster. The ride's track and train were unchanged, apart from new colour schemes and surrounding theming.