Racked Rides/Shed Dweller Pics

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Racked Rides/Shed Dweller Pics

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Hey guys, One thing I've noticed we don't see much is pics of our beloved rides racked in their sheds, or dismantelled during maintainance, or the trucks that actually drag these rides around, or even pics of them on the road. Maybe it doesn't interest anyone else, but if anyone has any pics, lets see them? What about some old shed dwellers?? Ones that havent come out of their shed for a few years?? We do have a few operators on here now, so drag ya camera out! hehe :D Thanks guys,
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I'm with you Josh, I'd like to see some Golden Oldies racked up. Maybe a few pictures of the rainbow would be good. Hope to see some photos contributed
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Only photos I have been able to get is WITTINGSLOW's yard down at Rosebud....
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Selection from across the ditch

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I'll try and get some recent one's of Mahons storage yard over this winter

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some from scotland over last winter.
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a full collection of the rides can be found at my site. most of the rides in scotland pack up over winter in the east end of glasgow.

http://www.scotlandscarnivals.fotopic.net/c1201907.html
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Great photos thanks Trevor and Kiwi. Both have good content
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Nice work guys!! Crank up the Whittingslow ones huss!! Jingles went in the mail today for ya Top Gunner too...
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Yes, thanks alot Josh, I can't wait. Yes again, thanks for the photos. Huss, are the photos of last year before Rye or ages ago?
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Post by HUSSRAINBOW »

Last year... recently when i've been down, you can see Breakdance and Pirate racked in their yard... mostly junk and old Wittingslow trailers around... they used to keep their rides at the showgrounds....
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Ah yes, will you upload them or are they just the same ones from last year
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More photos

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Sorry about the quality- too dark down the back to get any of the older rides.
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Great work again Kiwi, thanks, do you have any photos of the Mahon's Trabant, Tilt, Galaxy Coaster and any other rides. Thanks again
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Old Photo's

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Tranbant and Tilt havn't been out for a number of years- Galaxy hasn't been up in 4- so unfortanely not
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So are they racked up in a shed with a tarp over them?
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Show truck accidents

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This Dodgem track had to have a major rebuild after the accident- thankfully driver and passenger walked away from it.
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Thankfully no serious damage to driver or Loop after this one
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Yeah both the Tilt and Trabant are stored inside at the back of the depot sheds, awaiting their return one day. The Galaxy is loaded on trailers and containers- covered outside. The station and cars are inside. I will see what photo's I can dig up
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Ok, hopefully those two classics and the Galaxi will return to New Zealand Midways one day. Lucky the looper wasn't damaged and that dodgem track was very unfortunate. Just looking at the setting where the Track had the incident, the mountainous terain of NZ where they were driving. Thanks for even more photos kiwi
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The Dodgem rolled over at the bottom of one of the hills between Gisborne and Hastings
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Geez, as you said, lucky the workers walked away ok
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Few more

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Few more random pics
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Trabant
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Ferrair 500 Racers
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Tilt A Whirl
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Cinema 180 frames
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Built Up dodgems
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Super Loop pics
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Sweet pics kiwi, they don't waste any space under cover do they?? nice tight squeeze!! hehe
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Bit dusty in the shed. Thanks for the photos Kiwi, they're great
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Squeesed In

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Yep in nice and tight- within the inch in some cases. Bit of planning involved- always a problem when you need the back one first
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Post by Zamperla »

fantastic photos. Mahon's is clearly a well run operation - always great to see photos of things in storage and refurb.

I always wondered how the Superloop train locked into the track - I can see it sure is held in well from those photos.
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Yeh, they are very detailed photos and thanks again Kiwi. How big is the Mahon's Depot?
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Depot

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Not really sure on size, they have two sheds on one side of the railway line, which is the photo's of the tilt, just used for storage during the winter. Then another larger one with a fenced yard on the other side of the line. Thats the one with the Trabant. That yard is used for all the maintance, living etc

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