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Kennywood inspector makes screams come true
Monday, July 30, 2007 9:48 AM ET | contributed by Jeff

Kennywood Park's Thunderbolt roller coaster has rumbled and rattled thrill-seekers since 1924, plummeting 95 feet at highway speeds on a lattice of birch timbers. Keith Kuzma affectionately calls those the "nuances" of the creaky coaster he mends early each day with new bolts, timbers and grease -- lots of grease -- before thousands of people flood the historic West Mifflin amusement park.

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Ex_Westview and KW_worker (Edit)     7/30/2007 6:49:47 PM
A nice article about a person who is a good friend of mine.
He is a nice guy who is good at what he does and takes it very serious.

Thanks for posting it Jeff.

kdub23 (Edit)     7/31/2007 12:56:02 AM
yea i agree with you i work at kw now and kuzma is awesome and takes great care of a great ride.
69'ing on dark rides (Edit)     7/31/2007 9:41:23 AM
Whatever happened to Gino Chamberdone and Brian Bartley. The guys who fell down the tracks on Kennywood Memories. I still laugh at that when I see it.
BBSpeed26 (Edit)     7/31/2007 1:35:40 PM
Very nice article. Rode the thing yesterday and he's got it running in top form.
Dutchman (Edit)     7/31/2007 2:41:06 PM
If you read the article then you'd have found out that Geno is the shop foreman now.
69'ing on dark rides (Edit)     7/31/2007 7:55:23 PM
Who remembers that big fat guy falling down the thunderbolt when he slipped inspecting it. It was on Kennywood Memories.
Dutchman (Edit)     7/31/2007 11:42:22 PM
There are people on this board (myself included) that know Geno.
Ex_Westview and KW_worker (Edit)     8/1/2007 1:23:58 AM
^^ I wouldnt make it public knowledge about knowing Geno..

JK..him and Kuz are great guys.

Brian Bartley is the head of maintenance now.

*** This post was edited by Ex_Westview and KW_worker 8/1/2007 1:30:35 AM ***

Agent Johnson (Edit)     8/2/2007 8:11:20 PM
I dare you to say that to Geno's face. Especially during a Penguin game. 'Rackets' is all aces for the park.
Ex_Westview and KW_worker (Edit)     8/2/2007 9:33:55 PM
^^ Who?

If it was me I was just kidding.I like Geno,just dont like his cigars(if he is still smoking them)

kpjb (Edit)     8/3/2007 4:47:37 PM
Actually, those ones he smokes don't smell too bad. They're cherry scented or something like that.
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