[overlordclinton]

For awhile i've seen people mention the red and gold trains on Goldrusher, but i've never seen either of them! I've found photos of the red train, but i'm curious, where did they go?

[tarheel1231]

Red probably isn't running, but there is no 'gold' train, and there never has been as far as I know.

[Merthecat]

I've only ever seen red, green, and blue...they seem to take one out of the cycle each year.

[Tosu97]

I believe there is a red train but I haven't seen it running at all this year. Perhaps it's on the off year in the rotation like someone mentioned. I also think there was a gold train at one point but it was permanently removed for whatever reason. I seem to remember some story (from the early years site probably) that it was last seen in the field beside thunder road in the 80s.

[RollerBee]

Carowinds rotates the three Goldrusher trains. The yellow train was one of two involved in a accident in the tunnel. Both trains were damaged so Carowinds made them into one. Source: Maintenance worker.

[lanigan911]

I've been on the red one this year.

[Chris]

I'm intrigued to hear more about this Goldrusher accident.

[tylerSC]

Didn't they redo the layout of the track because it was too rough at one point?

[Tosu97]

I don't know about any changes/rebuilds to the layout, I'd love to hear about that if anyone knows the story. Its been so long since I read about the Goldrusher accident but from what I remember one train was on the break run before the station and the other train came flying out of the tunnel. I always thought it was due to a block brake malfunction or something similar.

[RollerBee]

My understanding is that one train rollbacked into the tunnel and the other other slammed into it.

[LyonsRonnie1]

Do the trains still get stuck often? Back in the 90's I used to ride it a lot (I was skittish about riding the big rides at the time) and the train would get stuck at the top of the second lift hill very often (once every 3 or 4 times I rode it). We even got stuck at the top of the first hill once. I'm not sure what was going on or what the problem was, but a guy would walk out, hit a lever or something and on you'd go.

[RollerBee]

Sounds like the block system, used to they had a person on each of the lifts ensuring people were sitting.

[swampfox43]

Some people called this gold. Looks more like a rust color. The last time I saw these trains they were lying on their side under Thunder Road. I think that was in the late 90's. The Goldrusher also had yellow trains too.

http://www.carowindsearlyyears.com/goldrusher_80.jpg

[pproteinc]

I sure do miss that turn around over the water smh

[CarowindsFan]

http://www.carowindsearlyyears.com/goldrusher_80.jpg

That picture brings back so many memories. I miss White Lightnin', the monorail and mostly the WATER!