medford Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Wasn't really sure where to put this, so figured I'd ask it here To start, I'm not really sure what I saw so the whole question could be way off base anyhoo, I was driving home the other day on 275 b/w the Milford area and 71 when there was a "wide Load" trailer driving north. It stood out to me, because the trail car was driving really really close to the truck/trailer to the point it kind of looked dangerous. Anyways, at first I wasn't really sure what the truck was hauling but as I past it, its kind of looked like prefabbed wood/hybrid coaster track. Can't really recall it if was mostly straight or had some bend in it. If it was pre-fabbed track, could it have been manufactured by CSF? I know they have done B&M track quite often but don't recall any prefabbed wood/hybrid track. The truck got off 275 onto 71 towards KI. Regardless of the origin of the track, I'm not even sure where it would be headed. KI isn't in need of that, neither is CP perhaps somewhere off of I70 in Pennsylvania or the East coast? Finally, does anyone have a picture of what prefabbed track looks like when being shipped on a trailer? I searched on the internets but couldn't find one. I may be way off in what I saw and figured if I saw what it looked like on a typical delivery truck it may help me better gauge if I was anywhere close to being right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 It might have been Gravity Group prefab track. I believe their shop is located near 275 and 75 north of Cincinnati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenban Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Check this link, it’s the info page for Gravity Group precut track. On the left side of the page is a picture of a trailer loaded with track, does that look similar to the trailer you saw? I am unsure where the factory is located but it is in the Cincinnati area. https://thegravitygroup.com/wp-content/uploads/TheFuture.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Waldameer has been chipping away at Ravine Flyer II recently, could be for that. Twister at Knoebels has also started receiving track work recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoeter Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 I drove past Clermont Steel over the weekend and only saw red B&M track sitting out and some unpainted pieces. To my knowledge, they don't fabricate any wooden track. Gravity Group, I believe their facilities are out near the old Tri-County Mall north of I-275. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medford Posted June 7 Author Share Posted June 7 Late to respond, but thanks for the responses. The pictures on the link don't really look like what I saw. IF (and this is probably a big if) it was prefabbed wooden track, it was being shipped as a single 10 foot +(?) stretch of track including the cross pieces underneath the rails, almost like they were taking out an old section and putting this back in its place. Of course it may not have even been anything close to what my instincts question it could be. If Gravity Group is where several have said it is, then it likely wouldn't have originated or been heading there. It was coming up 275 on the East side of Cincy north of Milford/Indian Hill and getting off on 71 N towards KI. Other than that, where it originated from, where it was headed and even what exactly it was will forever be a mystery Thanks for the responses, I didn't know Gravity Group had a manufacturing facility in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medford Posted June 7 Author Share Posted June 7 5 minutes ago, medford said: Late to respond, but thanks for the responses. The pictures on the link don't really look like what I saw. IF (and this is probably a big if) it was prefabbed wooden track, it was being shipped as a single 10 foot +(?) stretch of track including the cross pieces underneath the rails, almost like they were taking out an old section and putting this back in its place. I guess if it was track, it could also be a mock up piece that somebody ships from place to place for presentation purposes (either trade shows, fan events, sales presentations, etc...) Of course it may not have even been anything close to what my instincts question it could be. If Gravity Group is where several have said it is, then it likely wouldn't have originated or been heading there. It was coming up 275 on the East side of Cincy north of Milford/Indian Hill and getting off on 71 N towards KI. Other than that, where it originated from, where it was headed and even what exactly it was will forever be a mystery Thanks for the responses, I didn't know Gravity Group had a manufacturing facility in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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