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Performance? Falcon terminals w/ bottom tension and vault drive?

I think they are also known as Performance terminals, but I'm not sure!

The old Ajax Express was similar the the old Summit Express at Winter Park. It had an alpha/falcon style drive, not a vault. Something that can also be noted was that it rotated in the opposite direction of the current lift. You can kind see what it looked like if you look at the Campground lift at Snowmass as it uses the original tower heads, sheave trains, and drive terminal from the Ajax Express.

some clarification:
Several years ago I referred to the older Poma detachables as 'Falcon' lifts because the only reference I had was off my parts sheet. It listed the charriers as 'Falcon' style and I extended that name to the entire lift. The Alpha terminal was already in use on fixed-grips, so we started calling the combined lift the Alpha/Falcon. I've since been corrected by Poma's service department that the actual name of that series of lifts, whether Alpha-drive or vault, are called Performance. The Competition lifts are the next model, such as Beaver Run or the Eagle.

How many Performance series lifts are still in use?? I know that the peak 10 detach at breck is one (albeit with new carriers.) Any others??

I think that the Adirondack Express at Gore and the Snowlite Express at Hunter use this design, but I'm not sure. I'm not that savvy on NY lifts.

Yes, the one at Hunter does but the Adirondack Express is totally different.

skisox34, on Aug 30 2007, 11:06 AM, said:

Off the top of my head:
American Flyer (Copper)
Falcon, Colorado (Breckenridge)
Pioneer (Winter Park)
Siberia (Squaw Valley)
Chair 2/Liberator (Mission Ridge)
Snowlight Express (Hunter)

Shirley Lake at Squaw was one as well, it's been torn down and I haven't heard if it's going back up somewhere else. Aside from Colorado and the Flyer, all of these have the Alpha drive terminal.

There is also Coney Glade at snowmass that uses a "performance" terminal with an alpha drive. It is kinda funny because coney has a bottom drive where as most of the other ones I have seen are top drive. There is also the big burn lift but that one is different compared to other competition lifts.
The Silver Queen gondola at aspen has a performance terminal too but the actual performance terminal skin is only on the outside part of the terminal.

There is also another Performance terminal at Bromont.

Big Burn looks like the Performance style as well, although the drive terminal has everything integrated into one unit instead of under or behind it. I forgot about Coney Glade

Okay cool thanks!

Snowmass....over big burn

The silver queen

That gondola just doesnt look right without "Les Oeufs"

I have some of the old Ajax Express. When My desktop and server get in Greece I will post the pics that I have of hte old Ajax.