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- Switchback_Railway abstract "The original Switchback Railway at Coney Island was the first roller coaster designed as an amusement ride in America. It was designed by LaMarcus Adna Thompson in 1881 and constructed in 1884. 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.For five cents, riders would climb a tower to board the large bench-like car and were pushed off to coast 600 ft (183 m) down the track to another tower. The car went just over 6 mph (9.7 km/h). At the top of the other tower the vehicle was switched to a return track or \"switched back\" (hence the name).This track design was soon replaced with an oval complete-circuit ride designed by Charles Alcoke and called the Serpentine Railway. In 1885 Phillip Hinkle developed a lift system which appeared in his ride called Gravity Pleasure. The Gravity Pleasure also featured cars in which the passengers could face forward instead of in the awkward bench-like seats of the first two roller coasters.Not to be outdone, in 1886 LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented his design of coasters that included dark tunnels with painted scenery. Thompson built many more roller coasters across the country which were called \"The L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway\". Some of these operated until 1954.Many of these early coasters were torn down and replaced by larger ones, and soon most roller coasters built before the 1930s had been demolished. But modern roller coaster companies are now resurrecting old \"woodies\" and building what they call \"hybrid\" roller coasters, which combine the safety and sturdiness of steel structures with the classic feel of wooden tracks. Many of these, such as The Voyage and Thunderhead, are becoming just as popular as Thompson's original Switchback Railway.There was also a switchback railway at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in 1888.".
- Switchback_Railway location Coney_Island.
- Switchback_Railway thumbnail Thompsons_Switchback_Railway_1884.jpg?width=300.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageExternalLink patents?id=TjFMAAAAEBAJ.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageExternalLink coasterlist.htm.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageID "6169769".
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageLength "4550".
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageOutDegree "12".
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageRevisionID "701943703".
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Category:Coney_Island.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Category:Roller_coasters_in_New_York.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Category:Roller_coasters_introduced_in_1884.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Coney_Island.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink LaMarcus_Adna_Thompson.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Mauch_Chunk_Switchback_Railway.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Melbourne_International_Exhibition_(1880).
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Roller_coaster.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink The_Sun-Herald.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink The_Voyage_(roller_coaster).
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink Thunderhead_(roller_coaster).
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLinkText "Switchback Railway".
- Switchback_Railway wikiPageWikiLinkText "switchback railroad".
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- Switchback_Railway angle "30".
- Switchback_Railway capacity "1600".
- Switchback_Railway caption "The original Switchback Railway at Coney Island".
- Switchback_Railway designer "LaMarcus Adna Thompson".
- Switchback_Railway dropFt "43".
- Switchback_Railway duration "60.0".
- Switchback_Railway gforce "2.9".
- Switchback_Railway heightFt "50".
- Switchback_Railway imagedimensions "250".
- Switchback_Railway lengthFt "600".
- Switchback_Railway lift "gravity".
- Switchback_Railway location "Coney Island".
- Switchback_Railway manufacturer "LaMarcus Adna Thompson".
- Switchback_Railway model "Lift Packed".
- Switchback_Railway name "Switchback Railway".
- Switchback_Railway opened "1884-06-16".
- Switchback_Railway rcdbNumber "3742".
- Switchback_Railway section "Coney Island Cyclone Site".
- Switchback_Railway speedMph "6".
- Switchback_Railway status "Closed".
- Switchback_Railway track "Gravity pulled coaster".
- Switchback_Railway type "Wood".
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- Switchback_Railway subject Category:Coney_Island.
- Switchback_Railway subject Category:Roller_coasters_in_New_York.
- Switchback_Railway subject Category:Roller_coasters_introduced_in_1884.
- Switchback_Railway hypernym Coaster.
- Switchback_Railway type AmusementParkAttraction.
- Switchback_Railway type ArchitecturalStructure.
- Switchback_Railway type Place.
- Switchback_Railway type RollerCoaster.
- Switchback_Railway type Attraction.
- Switchback_Railway type Coaster.
- Switchback_Railway type Redirect.
- Switchback_Railway type Resort.
- Switchback_Railway type Location.
- Switchback_Railway type Place.
- Switchback_Railway type Thing.
- Switchback_Railway comment "The original Switchback Railway at Coney Island was the first roller coaster designed as an amusement ride in America. It was designed by LaMarcus Adna Thompson in 1881 and constructed in 1884.".
- Switchback_Railway label "Switchback Railway".
- Switchback_Railway sameAs Q771363.
- Switchback_Railway sameAs Gravity_Pleasure_Switch_Back_Railway.
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- Switchback_Railway sameAs Q771363.
- Switchback_Railway wasDerivedFrom Switchback_Railway?oldid=701943703.
- Switchback_Railway depiction Thompsons_Switchback_Railway_1884.jpg.
- Switchback_Railway isPrimaryTopicOf Switchback_Railway.
- Switchback_Railway name "Switchback Railway".