Last week the Bay Beach Zippin Pippin Roller Coaster construction site was a muddy mess, thanks to a large storm that moved through the area early this week the mud is now frozen with a fresh coat of about 12" snow on and around the construction site. Crews are moving rapidly and the track work should be finished in the next 1-2 weeks. The latest updates are below.
Steel is now going on the track at a very rapid pace, last week the steel stopped just short of the out and back barely cresting the hill seen in this picture which now has all of the steel attached.
The steel then continues up and over the first hill on the out part of the out and back.
Note the upstop steel at the top of this hill, airtime!
Steel then continues down the hill and up the next hill, the next hill, and then into the turn around.
Steel is currently being installed at the turnaround with many curved sections of steel staged between the tracks waiting to be installed.
On the back part of the out and back crews are finishing up the wooden portion of the track. During my visit they were using this jig to mark the final cut of the wooden track. The jig keys off the inside and top of one side of the track making a mark on the other side of the track with a pencil. A guide is then clamped to the track and the final cut is made with a circular saw.
Back in zone 1 and 2 the last section of the lift chain is now in place.
Track is being laid onto the transfer table, one lane is nearly complete.
And the other lane is just under way.
So work is rapidly wrapping up on the track of the coaster, track work is expected to finish up in the next 1-2 weeks. Then there will be some odds and ends and clean up work. After that it is time to wait for the trains to arrive and start testing. Trains are tentatively scheduled to arrive from storage in Florida in early April.
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