Switchback Railway (Cedar Point)
Roller coaster in the United States
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| Designer / calculations | LaMarcus Adna Thompson | ||||||||
| Type | Wooden | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Man powered | ||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||
Switchback Railway was a wooden roller coaster at Cedar Point, Ohio USA. It was the first roller coaster at the park and the first amusement park ride in the USA.
Design
Rider's climbed up a staircase to the station, where rider's pushed down in a tab-bogon like car*, and went through several airtime hills, before they reached the second tower, and were then turned around. (Thus the name, 'switchback') The Switchback Railway did not have a powered lift hill which meant that the cars had to be pushed back to the station by hand.
Sources
External links
- Switchback Railway on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
Present
Coasters
Attractions
4x4'sAtomic ScramblerBalloon RaceCadillac CarsCalypsoCamp BusCedar Downs Racing DerbyCharlie Brown's Wind-UpDodgemDune BuggiesFlying Ace Balloon RaceGiant WheelHelictopersKite Eating TreeLake Erie EaglesLinus' Beetle BugsMatterhornMaXairMidway CarouselMonsterMotorcyclesMustangsOcean MotionPeanuts 500Peanuts Road RallyPipe ScreamPolice CarsPower TowerRed BaronRock, Spin & TurnRoto WhipSky FightersSky RideSkyhawkSlingShotSnoopy's Deep Sea DiversSnoopy's Express RailroadSnoopy's Space RaceSpace AgeSuper HimalayaThunder CanyonTroikaWave SwingerWindSeekerWoodstock's AirmailWoodstock's Whirlybirds
Former
Coasters
Attractions
Antique CarsBayern KurveChaosDemon DropDodgemEarthquakeFrontier CarouselFrontier LiftJaycopterMill RaceMonorailPaddlewheel ExcursionsPirate RideProfessor Delbert's Frontier FlingSchwabinchenShoot the Rapids
(2010–2015)
Shoot the Rapids(1967–1981)
Sky WheelSkyScraperSnake River ExpeditionSnake River FallsSpace SpiralStar VoyagerTrabantTumble BugVertiGoWhite Water LandingWitches' Wheel