Kennywood Hard at Work Building The Steel Curtain Roller Coaster + New Track Arrives

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Now that Kennywood park has started to close during the week and only operates on weekends, construction on the new Steel Curtain roller coaster and the Steelers Country themed area has kicked into high gear.

The park has been showing off some progress photos on their social media sites, such as their Twitter feed.  Above we see a fully drained part of the central pond of Kennywood, where a large section of the Steel Curtain will pass over.  The track will serve as a turn around point where a dive loop will point the trains back toward the station end of the ride.

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This view appears to show the infield section of the ride, utilizing much of the land that the log flume used to call home.  A big part of this space will also hold the Steelers Country themed section when all the work is complete.  For now it is just a sea of footers - the coaster will have 152 in all.

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While construction work progresses, Kennywood has started to receive some very special shipments of coaster track, as expected painted a sleek black.  These segments look a bit different than S&S track we've seen in the past, though I'm no track expert.

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One more view of track pieces that have shown up show sections that have no spine at all, meaning they are to be used in areas where there is not a lot of stress put on the coaster.  Some of these could be for the very end of the ride and the brake/station area, but they are curved quite a bit so perhaps not!

It has been a while since Kennywood announced the Steel Curtain, so why not take another look at the point of view video of the ride once more!