Pipeline Express

Pipeline Express
Boardwalk Fun Park
Status Closed
Opening date 23 July 1992
Closing date 7 September 1992
Cost $450,000 US
General statistics
Type Steel
Manufacturer Ken Bailey
Designer Ken Bailey
Model Auto Sled
Lift/launch system Cart return (no lift)
Height 45 ft (14 m)
Length 1,200 ft (370 m)
Speed 15 mph (24 km/h)
Inversions 0
Duration 1:00
Height restriction 36 in (91 cm)
Pipeline Express at RCDB
Pictures of Pipeline Express at RCDB

Pipeline Express was a steel roller coaster that was located at Boardwalk Fun Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

When built in 1992, it was the newest Auto Sled from Bailey Manufacturing of Cameron, Ontario. The five sleds could hold one rider each.

In September 1992, an accident on the park's roller coaster, the Pipeline Express, threw a 12-year-old girl some 35 feet (11 m) into an unused pool beneath the ride causing her to slip into a coma and suffer brain trauma.[1][2] The coaster was closed following the accident.[3] The victims parents sued the park for negligence and deceptive trade practices.[4]

The coaster never re-opened and the Pipeline Express stood silent until 1997, when it was demolished along with the rest of the park.[3][5]

References

  1. Scott, Steve (September 10, 1992). "Park accident still unsolved Investigation of girl's fall from roller coaster continues". The Dallas Morning News (Home Final ed.). p. 31A.
  2. "The best Christmas present'/Brain damage victim, 11, recovering after park accident". Houston Chronicle (3 STAR ed.). December 6, 1992. p. 11.
  3. 1 2 Pierre, Nancy St. (March 9, 1993). "Park to scrap ride on which girl hurt". The Dallas Morning News (Home Final ed.). p. 15A.
  4. Michel, Karen Lincoln (April 17, 1993). "Parents sue amusement park Girl suffered brain damage in '92 fall from roller coaster". The Dallas Morning News (Home Final ed.). pp. 40A.
  5. Chuang, Tamara (April 15, 1997). "GP Ford dealership still on hold". The Dallas Morning News (ARLINGTON MORNING NEWS ed.). p. 2B.

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