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Comet - Rocky Glen (Moosic, Pennsylvania, USA)
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| Roller Coaster: | Comet
Mighty Lightnin
Ghost Town Jet |
| Amusement Park: | Rocky Glen (Moosic, Pennsylvania, USA) |
| Classification: | Roller Coaster |
| Type: | Wood - Sit Down |
| Status: | Defunct
Operated from 1959 to 1987 |
| Builder: | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. |
| Designer: | John C. Allen |
| Construction Supervisor: | Frank F. Hoover |
| Serial Number: | 126 |
| Track layout: | Double Out and Back |
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| Height: | 55 ft | |
| Inversions: | 0 | |
| Duration: | 1:30 | |
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| Trains: | 3 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 18 riders per train. |
| Built by: | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. |
| History: | After the park closed, a tower from another ride being removed collapsed onto the Comet's second turn around causing extensive damage. During the following years the Comet suffered from vandalism and five arson related fires. The final fire was on 11/12/1994 and the Comet was demolished on 12/7/1994. |
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