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A Mine Train roller coaster is a steel
Steel roller coaster

A steel roller coaster is a roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of steel. Steel coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world....
 roller coaster
Roller coaster

For Rollercoaster, the wooden rollercoaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, see Rollercoaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks....
 whose trains depict a set of mine carts, apparently pulled by the reproduction of a steam locomotive
Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a "road locomotive" such as a traction engine or steamroller....
, often designed in a cartoon style. Most Mine Train roller coasters are themed
Theming

Theming is the "the use of an overarching theme, such as western, to create a holistic and integrated spatial organization of a consumer venue." Themes are usually derived from history, or other cultures, but can also be based on fantasy....
 in the style of a mine
Mining

Mining is the extraction of value minerals or other geology materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, Sodium chloride and potash....
, a Western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 scene or simply a mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
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The first Mine Train roller coaster of its kind is Mine Train (Run-A-Way Mine Train until 1995) at Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Texas

Six Flags Over Texas is a major amusement park located in Arlington, Texas, Texas , east of Fort Worth, Texas and about west of Dallas, Texas. It is the oldest park of the Six Flags chain....
. Built by Arrow Dynamics
Arrow Dynamics

Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow....
 in 1966, Mine Train is the oldest roller coaster in the park.






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A Mine Train roller coaster is a steel
Steel roller coaster

A steel roller coaster is a roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of steel. Steel coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world....
 roller coaster
Roller coaster

For Rollercoaster, the wooden rollercoaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, see Rollercoaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks....
 whose trains depict a set of mine carts, apparently pulled by the reproduction of a steam locomotive
Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a "road locomotive" such as a traction engine or steamroller....
, often designed in a cartoon style. Most Mine Train roller coasters are themed
Theming

Theming is the "the use of an overarching theme, such as western, to create a holistic and integrated spatial organization of a consumer venue." Themes are usually derived from history, or other cultures, but can also be based on fantasy....
 in the style of a mine
Mining

Mining is the extraction of value minerals or other geology materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, Sodium chloride and potash....
, a Western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 scene or simply a mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
.

The first Mine Train roller coaster of its kind is Mine Train (Run-A-Way Mine Train until 1995) at Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Texas

Six Flags Over Texas is a major amusement park located in Arlington, Texas, Texas , east of Fort Worth, Texas and about west of Dallas, Texas. It is the oldest park of the Six Flags chain....
. Built by Arrow Dynamics
Arrow Dynamics

Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow....
 in 1966, Mine Train is the oldest roller coaster in the park. With Matterhorn Bobsleds
Matterhorn Bobsleds

The Matterhorn Bobsleds or the Matterhorn is an Amusement ride made up of two intertwining steel roller coasters at Disneyland in Anaheim, California....
 (built in 1959 also by Arrow), is one of the first roller coasters with tubular steel tracks.

Other notable Mine Trains are the Colorado Adventure in Phantasialand
Phantasialand

Phantasialand is an amusement park in Br?hl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that attracts approximately 2 million visitors annually. The park was opened in 1967 by Gottlieb L?ffelhardt and Richard Schmidt....
 and the Big Thunder Mountains
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a relatively mild indoor/outdoor Mine Train roller coaster common in "Magic Kingdom"-style Disney theme parks worldwide....
 in various Disneyland parks.