Side Friction roller coaster
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Vuoristorata, a side friction roller coaster
A side friction roller coaster is a type of roller coaster that usually consists of a wooden track and a distinctive lack of upstop wheels on its cars. The cars sit on top of the track and are held to the track with the friction created by the side-friction wheels.
These are one of the oldest types of roller coasters in the world, pre-dating more modern wooden roller coasters. An example of one of this type of ride is Leap-the-Dips at Lakemont Park, which is the oldest operating roller coaster in the world.
| Types of roller coaster | |||||||||
| Track materials | Hybrid • Steel • Wooden | ||||||||
| Scale | Kiddie • Family • Hyper (200+ feet) • Giga (300+ feet) • Strata (400+ feet) | ||||||||
| Train configurations | 4th Dimension • Bobsled • Floorless • Flying • Inverted • Motorbike (Steeplechase) • Pipeline • Side Friction • Spinning (Virginia Reel) • Stand-Up • Suspended • Winged | ||||||||
| Track layouts | Figure 8 • Out and Back • Twister • U-shuttle • Wacky Worm (Big Apple) • Wild Mouse | ||||||||
| Multi-tracked | Number of tracks: 2 (twin, möbius) • 3 (triple) • 4 (quad) • 6 (sextuple) | ||||||||
| Style | Mine Train • Water (liquid) | ||||||||
| Situation | Enclosed • Indoor • Terrain • Travelling | ||||||||
| Track configurations | Single rail | ||||||||