Tag: operational issues

  • The picturesque upper Lötschental is where the recent calamity involving the village of Blatten occurred. It is a disaster of gigantic proportions and the huge avalanche and mud slide from the Birch glacier has buried the village to a depths of between 50 and 200 metres. That’s pretty deep if one thinks about it. Fifty…

  • Hyperia updates

    This is just a couple of updates re the ride on 7th June 2024 as well as two videos by Ryan the Ride Mechanic on what the problems could be. Basically the deliberations offered by Ryan is its all to do with the top of the lift hill, and not the compressors for the air…

  • Top Thrill 2 issues

    Top Thrill 2 – Cedar Point’s new (or rebuilt rather) 2024 ride has closed after just over a week of use and the news took a lot by surprise. The question is why that has occurred – and numerous theories are making the round as to what the problem could be. Perhaps the main slant…

  • I wrote about the truncating of the terminus at Morecambe a couple of months back as part of my Tinpot Railways series. That was a great disappointment for me because at the time – which was 1994 when the change-over was done – I was surprised to find upon arriving at the town we were…