Roller coaster

Switchback Railway

Switchback Railway is a wood roller coaster at Euclid Beach Park · United States, built by LaMarcus Adna Thompson. Catalog stats list it as 50 ft tall, top speed around 6 mph. It is listed as defunct or historical in the catalog. Track it on CoasterTrak after you ride, or open it on the interactive map to plan a visit.

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Background from Wikipedia

The original Switchback Railway was the first roller coaster at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City, and one of the earliest designed for amusement in the United States. The 1885 patent states the invention relates to the gravity double track switchback railway, which had predicated the inclined plane railway, patented in 1878 by Richard Knudsen. Coney Island's version was designed by LaMarcus Adna Thompson in 1881 and constructed in 1884. Thompson's motivations to develop the roller coaster alledge to come from his disgust with current the cultural rise of hedonistic amusements like saloons and brothels. It appears Thompson based his design, at least in part, on the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway which was a coal-mining train that had started carrying passengers as a thrill ride in 1827.

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TypeWoodManufacturerLaMarcus Adna ThompsonStatusDefunctOpened1884

Height50 ftSpeed6 mphLength600 ftDuration1m 00s

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