This article is about the wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. For the steel looping roller coaster of the same name at Six Flags Great Adventure, see Great American Scream Machine (Six Flags Great Adventure).
Great American Scream Machine is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Georgia. The 105-foot-tall ride reaches a top speed of 57 miles per hour. GASM, as it is known to park workers, was built by the Philadelphia Tob...
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This article is about the wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. For the steel looping roller coaster of the same name at Six Flags Great Adventure, see Great American Scream Machine (Six Flags Great Adventure).
Great American Scream Machine is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Georgia. The 105-foot-tall ride reaches a top speed of 57 miles per hour. GASM, as it is known to park workers, was built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company in 1973 with Marvin M. Black & Sons as the contractor. When it opened, it was the tallest wooden roller coaster in the world, and riders were given a "Red Badge of Courage" button for riding the coaster.
A computerized block system is used to prevent trains from contacting each other. GASM has 5 blocks: Station, Transfer Table, Lift, Main Brake, and Ready Brake. Normal operation uses two trains; however, it can be operated with only one. During two-train operation, if the train in the station has not fully exited the loading...
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