Iron Wolf
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| Iron Wolf | |
 A train in the Iron Wolf's loop. |
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| Location | Six Flags Great America |
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| Type | Steel - Stand-up |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 04/28/1990 |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Stand-Up Coaster |
| Height | 100 ft (30.5 m) |
| Drop | 90 ft (27.4 m) |
| Length | 2900 ft (883.9 m) |
| Max speed | 55 mph (88.5 km/h) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 2:00 |
| Capacity | 1220 riders per hour |
| Iron Wolf at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Iron Wolf at RCDB | |
- This article refers to the Iron Wolf roller coaster. For the Lithuanian fascist group see Iron Wolf (Lithuania)
Iron Wolf is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. The ride, a stand-up coaster making its debuted in 1990, was the first roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard. The coaster is 100 feet tall and has a track length of 2900 feet and a top speed of 55 mph. It has two inversions: a vertical loop and a corkscrew.
Iron Wolf uses Intamin AG trains.
Both Iron Wolf and Batman: The Ride, the world's first inverted coaster, which also debuted at Six Flags Great America (in 1992), are responsible for starting an "Arms Race" for the tallest/fastest coasters of their type. In the following years, Mantis at Cedar Point, Chang at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom and Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain would be built taller and faster, and have more inversions, than the stand-ups before them. The coasters opened in 1996, 1997 and 1998 respectively; the latter coaster is the current record-holder for the aforementioned categories.
The Iron Wolf appeared in the movie Richie Rich.
