

For anyone who has worked at Six Flags (New England, Over Georgia, Magic Mountain, Discovery Kingdom, and America), what was it like driving the Thomas the Tank Engine/Whistlestop Train ride?
I’m genuinely curious because the ride is a Metalbau Emmeln ParkExpress 6000, I’m wondering what controls were there, are they prone to maintenance? Are the diesel fuel prices high and that’s why New England’s Whistlestop Train only runs in a certain period (Fright Fest)? I'm especially curious about the maintenance side. Since it's a diesel-hydraulic German system (Metallbau Emmeln), how hard was it getting parts? And for anyone from SFNE—is the train being mostly limited to Fright Fest a fuel cost issue, or purely a staffing/demographics problem?