barrynyu wrote: I'm curious...I was just on Rebel Yell this week and it looks like it hasn't been touched for forty years. Rode okay, but I wonder why TR has needed so much attention (previous rebuilding, the lift hill issue, etc) when RY just keeps on going.

Keep in mind Rebel Yell and Racer are both "little sisters" of Thunder Road. And as we all know the larger a wooden coaster gets, the harder it becomes to maintain (obviously there are countless other variables- climate, et cetera) Maybe the larger size of Thunder Road led to its earlier demise. Also, if it was the lift hill that did it in, do any of you remember how some trains used to get stuck momentarily at the very top of the lift lill(s), especially during the early 2000's. I remember distinctly the trains stalling as if they were struggling to get over the hill. Maybe that could have been associated with these lift hill problems?