SILVERWOOD
Athol, Idaho
Park News -
 2025 - Tremors Upgrade - (2/28/2025) In the latest The Silverwood Show podcast, they bring a couple of the fellows responsible for the rides at the park onto the show at about the halfway point to discuss the announced upgrades coming to Tremors. According to the comments made, it was said that they are replacing all the traditional wooden track with the new 208 ReTrak rail system from RMC, so this appears to be a total conversion for Tremors.
Another interesting comment was made about the conversion to GCI Millennium Flyer trains, and that unlike the previous PTC train, they say will be able to run the two new GCI trains without seat-belts, which will dramatically speed up the loading times as well. To allow for two train operations, a small modification was made to the last hill to allow for a switch track to be put into place so they can add a transfer track into a new maintenance shed building for the extra train, and so on, so look for some small changes there, along with new magnetic brakes as well.
In other news, they’re going more work on Timber Terror as well, and replacing more track sections in intense areas to 208 ReTrak as well, rebuilding sections of that coaster from the ground up as needed.
(2/27/2025) Silverwood has announced that their Tremors wooden coaster is ‘undergoing a seismic transformation just in time for Summer 2025.” How so? Well, we know the park has been slowly upgrading the track over the off-season over the past few winters, but this is something more.
For 2025 not only will riders on Tremors enjoy the cutting-edge 208 ReTrak steel track upgrade for a smoother ride experience, but Tremors will get new TRAINS… and yes… TRAINS… plural. Previously Tremors ran with just a single PTC train, but in 2025 the coaster will feature two brand new GCI Millennium Flyer trains instead.
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