Kings island & Miami Valley Railroad

[CP&LERR Fan]

Just wanted to know some things I have a question about. Is it possible to get into the cab after the ride I know someone who did. I know they run usually one train with three cars on the weekend is that true?

[Adventuro]

You can go up into the engine any time you want, as long as he train is stopped. However the only time you see a train with three cars is at the very beginning of the year and during haunt

[CP&LERR Fan]

You can go up into the engine any time you want, as long as he train is stopped. However the only time you see a train with three cars is at the very beginning of the year and during haunt

Oh, thanks

[SonofBaconator]

Well you are sorta true. They run three cars during haunt but on they also do three cars during the beginning of the season when the park doesn't have a lot of visitors. This year, Colerain had an off day on a Tuesday at the early in the 2013 season so we went up to KI and they were only running one train with three cars. We sat in the 3rd car.

The reason for this is because the PA system is in the front car along with the wheel chair section. In years past, up until 2012, the wheel chair car was in the back of the train and the PA system where the conductor speaks was in the front. Now in years past for the fall season, they always ran 3 cars: the front PA car, a middle car, and the wheelchair car, where the other conductor stood.

Now they can just run as many cars as they want because the rear conductor can just stand in the back of the car.

As for the cab, like what Adventuro said, you can only get on when the train is parked.

[CP&LERR Fan]

Well you are sorta true. They run three cars during haunt but on they also do three cars during the beginning of the season when the park doesn't have a lot of visitors. This year, Colerain had an off day on a Tuesday at the early in the 2013 season so we went up to KI and they were only running one train with three cars. We sat in the 3rd car.

The reason for this is because the PA system is in the front car along with the wheel chair section. In years past, up until 2012, the wheel chair car was in the back of the train and the PA system where the conductor speaks was in the front. Now in years past for the fall season, they always ran 3 cars: the front PA car, a middle car, and the wheelchair car, where the other conductor stood.

Now they can just run as many cars as they want because the rear conductor can just stand in the back of the car.

As for the cab, like what Adventuro said, you can only get on when the train is parked.

What are the odds of getting Lee Brown on the 18 or do they rotate each one on slow days?

[kblanken]

What are the odds of getting Lee Brown on the 18 or do they rotate each one on slow days?

I think you'll have a better chance of getting Lew Brown on the number 19.

[Adventuro]

Well you are sorta true. They run three cars during haunt but on they also do three cars during the beginning of the season when the park doesn't have a lot of visitors. This year, Colerain had an off day on a Tuesday at the early in the 2013 season so we went up to KI and they were only running one train with three cars. We sat in the 3rd car.

The reason for this is because the PA system is in the front car along with the wheel chair section. In years past, up until 2012, the wheel chair car was in the back of the train and the PA system where the conductor speaks was in the front. Now in years past for the fall season, they always ran 3 cars: the front PA car, a middle car, and the wheelchair car, where the other conductor stood.

Now they can just run as many cars as they want because the rear conductor can just stand in the back of the car.

As for the cab, like what Adventuro said, you can only get on when the train is parked.

I did say at the beginning of the season.

[SonofBaconator]

^ Sorry I misread your post. I thought you meant beginning of Haunt season

[Adventuro]

^ Sorry I misread your post. I thought you meant beginning of Haunt season

It's all good!

[CP&LERR Fan]

They recently took off the air operating bell So they have to manually ring it.

Does anyone know what's the story behind the house inside fort coney?

[The Interpreter]

Yes. They do. And some of them posted in your separate thread.

Sometimes predictable 0'Terpy

[CP&LERR Fan]

What are all of the songs played on the train ride? I know they play bonanza theme song and wild wild west

[Oldiesmann]

Also theme from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (though the version actually used for the movie is rarely heard these days)

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[KIRules!]

Who sings the Wild Wild West song?

[malem]

^ The Escape Club.

(Thankfully, they don't play Will Smith on the train.)

[KIRules!]

^ The Escape Club.(Thankfully, they don't play Will Smith on the train.)

^ The Escape Club.(Thankfully, they don't play Will Smith on the train.)

Thank you!

[Oldiesmann]

Yesterday's train ride was by far the best one I've had all year. The guy doing the spiel (I believe his name was Bret but I don't remember) decided to ad-lib the standard script and make it quite funny.

Highlights:

He made some comment about a "rickety old wooden bridge" and hoping it didn't collapse when we went over the wooden bridge shortly after leaving Rivertown

Apparently the train is powered by "Kings Island magic" and we were running low until everyone on the train yelled "choo choo", which replenishes the supply of magic

The bear in the woods is a vegetarian and is on a diet, so he won't eat you, but he will eat your salad if you bring him one, especially if it's got ranch dressing, but since he's on a diet it needs to be low-fat dressing.

The crossing guard is a trained bear wrestler

He made Soak City sound like a luxurious beach resort

He pointed out the "electrical outlets cleverly disguised as tree stumps", mentioning the old animatronics, and also joked about how realistic the blue stumps looked

He made some comment about a "big pile of rocks" being one of KI's greatest attractions, along with a couple of bad rock-related jokes ("they sure do rock" and "don't take them for granite")

He said that the western town is real (in comparison to the tree stumps), then added "real fake"

After mentioning Old Fort Coney and Missouri Jane, he said you might want to bring your Boo Blaster with you if you come that way at night

I also noticed that there's now a stuffed Pikachu wearing a bandana and cowboy hat sitting on the rocker at the store in the town along the route. Not sure when that was added but I thought that was funny as well.

[CP&LERR Fan]

Does anybody know why they originally added the air operated swinging bell, and why is the bell rope on the engineers side instead of the firemans side?

[CP&LERR Fan]

^ My conducted didnt do what's yours did,cool

[westcoaster]

Kings Island could very easily add a story that all conductors do, and some characters etc. back to the train ride:

[SonofBaconator]

It's the same spiel with different variations. On the 8th my conductor told us to make a whistle blowing motion (like kids in a school bus I assign a semi) to get the train to whistle.

And speaking of songs I'll tell you all of them. Good,bad,ugly is played in the Rivertown station, bonanza is played until they reach the haunt platform, then it's normally banjo music or its Kokomo. But when they do the banjo music, they switch it to Kokomo when the train is parked in the Soak City station, then it's just Wild Wild West the rest of the ride. They occasionally play cotton eye joe and ghost riders in the sky.

I have all those songs on my iPad.

[CP&LERR Fan]

It's the same spiel with different variations. On the 8th my conductor told us to make a whistle blowing motion (like kids in a school bus I assign a semi) to get the train to whistle.

And speaking of songs I'll tell you all of them. Good,bad,ugly is played in the Rivertown station, bonanza is played until they reach the haunt platform, then it's normally banjo music or its Kokomo. But when they do the banjo music, they switch it to Kokomo when the train is parked in the Soak City station, then it's just Wild Wild West the rest of the ride. They occasionally play cotton eye joe and ghost riders in the sky.

I have all those songs on my iPad.

Do you know why they added the air operating swinging bell, whose idea was it to put the bell rope on the engineers side inside of the conductors side?

[SonofBaconator]

Yes, yes I do

[CP&LERR Fan]

Yes, yes I do

Then why did they ad it.

[SonofBaconator]

Traditional crown style

[CP&LERR Fan]

Traditional crown style

Actually crown never asked the air operating swing bell here is a article that proves it

http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?/topic/25366-ki-miami-valley-railroad-1980-magazine-article/

[HarvestmanMan]

And speaking of songs I'll tell you all of them. Good,bad,ugly is played in the Rivertown station, bonanza is played until they reach the haunt platform, then it's normally banjo music or its Kokomo. But when they do the banjo music, they switch it to Kokomo when the train is parked in the Soak City station, then it's just Wild Wild West the rest of the ride. They occasionally play cotton eye joe and ghost riders in the sky.

I have all those songs on my iPad.

They played "Cotton Eye Joe" while stopped at the Rivertown station the last time I rode it.

[CP&LERR Fan]

And speaking of songs I'll tell you all of them. Good,bad,ugly is played in the Rivertown station, bonanza is played until they reach the haunt platform, then it's normally banjo music or its Kokomo. But when they do the banjo music, they switch it to Kokomo when the train is parked in the Soak City station, then it's just Wild Wild West the rest of the ride. They occasionally play cotton eye joe and ghost riders in the sky.

I have all those songs on my iPad.

They played "Cotton Eye Joe" while stopped at the Rivertown station the last time I rode it.

Same

[shawnofthedead]

Wouldnt it be nice if they extended the Railraod track all the way around the park, to go from Banshee to Diamondback without having to walk. Might sound lazy but when its 90 degrees out and your wanting to ride and the misses is tired and hot and wanting to leave. That would help me out so much. :-)

[HarvestmanMan]

Would it be nice? Yes, absolutely.

Would it require a huge amount of planning and work? Yes, absolutely.