Mine train roller coaster

Colorado Adventure at Phantasialand, a typical Mine Train roller coaster.

A Mine Train roller coaster is a steel roller coaster whose trains depict a set of mine carts, sometimes pulled by the reproduction of a steam locomotive which is often designed in a cartoon style. Most Mine Train roller coasters are themed in the style of a mine, a Western scene or simply a mountain range.

Typical track elements are heavily banked turns and helices whereas heavy drops are normally avoided, hence most Mine Trains feature more than one lift hill.

The first Mine Train roller coaster of its kind was Mine Train (Run-A-Way Mine Train until 1995) at Six Flags Over Texas. Built by Arrow Dynamics in 1966, Mine Train is the oldest roller coaster in the park. With Matterhorn Bobsleds (built in 1959 also by Arrow), it is one of the first roller coasters with tubular steel tracks.

Other notable Mine Trains are the Colorado Adventure in Phantasialand, the Big Thunder Mountains in various Disneyland parks, Thunder Run in Canada's Wonderland, and Thunderation in Silver Dollar City near Branson, Missouri.