Our president, Dan Koch, is fond of saying, "the train is ready to leave the station!" when he talks excitedly about the new season starting up in just a few weeks.

Well, this week, one of the trains made it back into the station.

Here we are at The Raven, hoisting one car at a time back on the track.

This season, we'll have two six-car trains on the track.

Don't they look happy to be home?

A few days later, and it's time for the first test rides of the new season.

Here are some coaster maintenance crew members, ride operators, and a few dummies taking some rather quiet test rides on a gloomy afternoon.

All agreed afterwards, by the way, that Raven is flying smoother than ever!