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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. Riders paid 5 cents, and sometimes waited 3 hours to ride[citation needed].
Design[]
Riders climbed up a staircase to the station, where riders pushed down in a toboggan-like car[citation needed], 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.
Photo Gallery[]
Sources[]
Cedar Point.com/Park History, Wikipedia
Cedar Point Roller Coasters | |
Operating | Blue Streak • Cedar Creek Mine Ride • Corkscrew • GateKeeper • Gemini • Iron Dragon • Magnum XL-200 • Maverick • Millennium Force • Raptor • Rougarou • Steel Vengeance • Top Thrill Dragster • Valravn • Wicked Twister • Wilderness Run • Woodstock Express |
Former | Broadway Trip • Cyclone • Dip the Dips Scenic Railway • Disaster Transport • High Frolics • Jumbo Jet • Leap the Dips • Mean Streak • Racer • Scamper • Super Coaster • Switchback Railway • Three-Way Figure Eight Roller Toboggan • Wild Mouse • Wild Cat • WildCat |
Note: This coaster is very old and many things are not confirmed. Also note that Wikipedia is not a reliable source.