How would they make the trains on eagle run backward

[demonbulleagle]

Every time i ride AE i always wonder how they would reverse the trains on it for when they ran it backward. I was hoping that somebody possible worked there when they did it so they could explain how they would do it.
Thanks

[onyxhotel08]

I don't know about that but it was in danger of doing some major damage to the structure so they stopped after the 2005 season. It would be cool to see it run backwards.

[demonbulleagle]

yeah that would be cool i only got to ride it backward once...

[Coaster Justin]

Going backwards was in my opinion better than forwards because you climbed the lift hill backwards and didn't know when it was going to drop. Also the drop seemed to go on forever.

[demonbulleagle]

yea slow lifts really build up excitement.
but how would they flip the trains????

[traincrossing9]

My guess would be that the took them off the transfer track and flipped all of the cars on the ground or something.

[UWW-10]

Just "flipping" the trains was the beginning...all of the breaks, prox switches, and photo eyes also had to be re-positioned. Basically, when you mess with a ride that was never intended to travel in a direction it was meant to travel, you run into danger. It will never be done again.

[esanderson]

I think they need to move the brake fins on the cars and flip the lift chain dog and anti-rollbacks. I didn't know they had to change the sensors along the track. I didn't think it was that fun backwards- forward let's you look down the drop. It was fun to race and look into the faces of the passengers on the other train. They always put blue side backwards and red side is the best.

[cowboy1192]

Im guessing that they take it off, then put it on the same way they put it on forwards, except backwards.

[demonbulleagle]

yea thats what i was think but just to be shure........