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30 SUNDAY DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE. ROCHESTER, N.Y., MAY 29. 1988 Vacationing in Uzw York's hczulifu Uorth Country? From Alexandria Bay to Woodville, Railway Historical runs in northeast foseish EHOin As of May 27, 1988. Country currency U.S. dollar equivalent $1 U.S.

slews Society plans Pennsylvania year with a special 18-day tour in which enthusiasts will travel aboard steam trains faithfully restored to their former glory. Tour members will view a kaleidoscope of New Zealand's rail history at the Ferrymead Historic Park in the South Island cathedral city of Christchurch and attend a Cavalcade of Steam exhibition of working steam locomotives. During the tour railfans will see some of the country's more spectacular scenery, and be entertained to evening barbecues by New Zealand train enthusiasts. The New Zealand Railfan Tour starts Oct. 8, finishing Oct.

25. Prices start at $1,698, excluding air fares. For further information contact New Zealand Central Reservations Office: nationwide (800) 351-2323, California (800) 351-2317. Argentinaaustral .1106 8.9200 Jordandinar 2.9350 .34070 Australiadollar .7975 1.2390 Kuwaitdinar 3.6373 .27490 Austriaschilling .0830 12.04 Mexicopeso .000436 2290.00 Belgiumfranc .0279 35.80 New Zealanddollar .6970 1.4347 Brazilcruzeiro .0063 159.78 Norwaykrone .1610 6.2120 Britainpound 1.8550 .5391 Perulnti .0133 75.00 Canadadollar .8066 1.2398 Philippinespeso .0480 20.8200 Colombiapeso .0034 292.00 Portugalescudo .007171 139.45 Denmarkkrone .1534 6.5200 Saudi Arobiariyal .2660 3.7590 Ecuadorsucre .002105 475.00 Singaporedollar .4959 2.0165 Egyptpound .4380 2.2828 S. Africarand .4485 2.2285 Finlandmark .2467 4.0530 S.

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Just climbing the five-story tower to reach the loading platform gets your blood rushing. Once aboard the Thunderball Express train, you drop downhill, shoot through a vertical loop, and climb to another platform 600 feet away. The train is then pushed backwards down the hill, backwards through the vertical loop, and backwards to the starting point It sure clears the sinuses. Completing this season's lineup of unusual new coasters is Z-Force at Six Flags Over Georgia in Atlanta. It is 1,900 feet long and 74 feet high, built by Intamin of Switzerland.

Paul L. Ruben edits RollerCoastert magazine In Penfleld and has been writing about the outdoor amusement business tor more than a decade. o50 HARRISBURC LAKE RESORT 0- -w MS I Sit eV-e IIUUV1I Jiav STONYCREEK NY 518-696-3461 uimhtfs; runu r.h'ustr.tf GOURMET RESTAURANT COCKTAIL LOUNGE NEW LUXURIOUS ACCOMODATIONS Tenms Boating. Fishing Heated Poot Many Amenities Horse Back Riding Pig Roasts Barbecues Weekly WELL WORTH AN INQUIRY FOR INFORMATION RESERVATIONS CALL 1-800-837-7(130 LAS VEGAS Preoented by Page One Tours 102-106. 109-1013.

1016-1020. 1023-1027, 1030-113 Includes RT air transfer, bellman, gratuities. baQ-gage handling, taxes, breakfast daily and 1 show. $07000 PPOO 342-7680 GABBLERS SPREE srM79 32E ence is part coaster, part dark ride, all bizarre. An unusual new steel coaster, the Red Devil, has been built at Ghost Town in the Sky, Maggie Valley, N.C., west of AsheviLle.

This single-looper sits atop one of the peaks in the Great Smokey Mountains. It begins with a white-knuckle plunge down the mountainside and ends with an 85-foot lift hill. "There isn't a better coaster in the country," promises R.B. Co-burn, president of Ghost Town in the Sky. The Avalanche Bobsled at Kings Dominion, Doswell, north of Richmond, is an intriguing variation on the coaster theme.

It has completely abandoned any pretense of track. Instead, guests board a train of six two-passenger cars and rocket through a steel trough. Like a bobsled twisting down an Olympic course, the train climbs as much as 70 degrees up the sidewalls as it snakes through the layout at speeds reaching 30 mph. Located in the Wild Animal Safari section of Kings Dominion, the $3 million Avalanche Bobsled was built by the Mack Co. of West ATLANTIC CITY TRAVEL CLUB Now Forming.

(Smoking Restricted) 544-6800 "SHOWTOUR PACKAGES INCLUDE" CHOICE OF 14 DOWNTOWN HOTELS DINNER ALL TAXES and (CHOOSE FROM 40 SHOWS) ALL-INCLUSIVE RATES START AT $65 U.S. pp Contact your Travel Agent or Showtours Canada Passenger trains will again be operating in northeastern Pennsylvania in 1988, according to the Lackawanna Wyoming Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. The chapter will offer diesel-powered excursions this spring and summer between Scranton and Carbondale, over the Lackawanna Valley Railroad, said Bob Yadouga, co-chairman of the group's excursion committee. Yadouga said that many of the excursions are tied into community events in the towns along the Lackawanna Valley Railroad. He said trains have been scheduled from Scranton and Carbondale to Jessup's Race of the Saints, and from Scranton to Pioneer Days in Carbondale.

Farther afield, New Zealand celebrates 125 years of rail this (EE renaissance FROM PAGE 1C Aurora, Ohio, southeast of Cleveland. Now called the Raging Wolf Bobs, this $2.5 million twister-style wooden coaster looms 80 feet above the midway. An irresistible lure to coaster buffs, the new Bobs slams riders through curves, over hills and around banked turns. It's the breathtaking, noisy and disorienting classic coaster experience of the '20s, updated for a new generation of riders. 7 "We did not want a tame coaster," declared Jim Meikle, Geauga Lake's general manager.

"The Bobs is a proven thriller. We asked Charles Dinn, the designer, to duplicate the original as closely as possible. To meet today's maintenance and safety standards, some modifications were necessary. Anything we changed only improved it." How do you improve a classic? "We made it five feet higher than the original Bobs to get a litte more speed," Dinn disclosed. "It's a twisting, turning coaster with high-speed banked turns.

At one point within 60 feet, it goes from a 45-degree right bank to a 45-degree left bank at 50 mph." Another large Dinn-designed wooden coaster, the Wolverine Wildcat, has been built at Michigan's Adventure, a small amusement park at Muskegon. The park's attendance is expected to increase dramatically as a result. The Wildcat rampages over a unique layout at speeds up to 55 mph. Dinn attributes the Wildcat's relatively modest $1.4 million price tag to special construction equipment and a crew of only 15 men instead of the 40 previously required. He cites reduced costs as part of the reason for the roller-coaster renaissance.

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"It's a big coaster, 85 feet tall," said Dinn. "It's exciting and surprising." "Exciting and surprising" also describes Nightmare, a new indoor coaster introduced this year by Boblo Island, near Detroit. Nightmare operates in the dark, so you'll never be able to anticipate what is around the next curve, or even where the curve is. Erected inside Boblo's newly renovated International Pavilion, the $2.4 million project features an eerie underground Victorian loading station and plenty of frightening special effects. The coaster was built by Vekoma International, the respected Dutch ride manufacturer.

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