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Posted at 11:48 AM EDT (1548 GMT)
Apr. 8th, 2008 -- The historic Scenic Railway in England was partially destroyed by a fire yesterday afternoon. Fire officials are calling the blaze "suspicious" and it is being treated as a possible arson case.
The classic wooden coaster, which was built in 1920, lost the train shed and the "main portion" of the structure. Officials say 40% of the structure was a total loss, but the rest was saved. Town officials stated that if it is possible, they will press hard to rebuild the roller coaster.
For more information and photos, see: KentOnline.
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Wes
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I hate to see anything happen to old coasters like this.
And I suspect it must have been arson. These things don't go up in flames on their own that much like they did in the old days.
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| 4/8/2008 1:27 PM |
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Carowinds 73-03
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Was the coaster set on fire or did the woods around it catch on fire and reached the coaster? If it was just the coaster then yeah i'd say it was arson.
Either way its horrible to hear and i really do hope they rebuild it.
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| 4/8/2008 3:38 PM |
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meames
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It was the coaster that was set on fire - the woods are quite a distance back
Really upsetting as a lot of people wanted to tear it down but there is a dedicated group of people trying to protect it - and they are now raising funds to rebuild it. But, the really unfortunate thing about this is that is was to be expected - Margate really is the pits.
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| 4/8/2008 6:29 PM |
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CHILLERLC1
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Mr. 500, I mean, James, did you ride this coaster? It a shame any of the old coasters are lost. In NJ we finally lost Jack Rabbit this past year but it was condemned for years it seemed. I watched a very slow POV of this ride. Still an interesting design.
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| 4/8/2008 10:09 PM |
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Carowinds 73-03
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Maybe ACE needs to get in on helping by donating.
I don't see that happening.
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| 4/9/2008 2:58 AM |
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James
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Lol 'Mr 500' more like Mr 510 ;)
Anyways, I did not get the chance to ride the coaster. I think it was already SBNO at the time.
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| 4/9/2008 5:26 PM |
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coastergeek25
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Aw man not the railways
;,,(
and poor wooden coaster
i hope they catch the fire bug
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| 4/11/2008 6:14 PM |
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