Backety-Back Scenic Railway | |
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Crystal Beach | |
Location | Crystal Beach |
Coordinates | 42°52′03″N 79°03′33″W / 42.8675000°N 079.0591667°W |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | 1909 |
Closing date | 1926 |
Cost | $50,000 |
General statistics | |
Type | Wood – Shuttle |
Designer | John H. Brown |
Speed | 10 mph (16 km/h) |
Inversions | 0 |
Trains | 2 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 5 rows for a total of 20 riders per train. |
Backety-Back Scenic Railway at RCDB |
Backety-Back Scenic Railway was a wooden roller coaster located at Crystal Beach Park. The ride opened to the public in 1909 and operated until 1926. [1] The Backety-Back Scenic Railway was notable for a backward-traveling innovation which would be adopted many years later in more modern steel roller coasters. [2] It was also one of the earliest shuttle roller coasters to be built, [3] as well as being the second roller coaster to be built in the Crystal Beach amusement park. [4] The coaster has been cited as a particularly beautiful example of roller coaster architecture. [5]
Backety-Back Scenic Railway was built in 1909 by Pennsylvanian John H. Brown and construction of the coaster cost $50,000. [6] Backety-Back Scenic Railway was the only roller coaster Brown would ever build. [7] In 1904, however, he patented the unique track-reversal design which made the coaster a predecessor to modern shuttle roller coasters. [8]
Being a shuttle roller coaster, Backety-Back Scenic Railway traveled over its course both forwards and backwards. The coaster had two lift hills and also necessitated the operation of a switchman when the coaster had reached the end of its forward progress. [6] Following this reversal, the train would engage a second reversal and continue on its way. [8] The course of the roller coaster was a twister layout [9] and the roller coaster had a curved tunnel in its course as well. [6] Trains had 2 cars of 5 rows apiece, with each row having two riders. [8]
The coaster had a large station which resembled a riverboat in shape. Inside this station was a ticket office (tickets were sold for 10 cents) and the queue for the ride itself. [8]
In 1910, a 17-year-old girl, Louise Koch was killed after falling from the Backety-Back Scenic Railway. [9] The coaster had minimal safety features, and the only restraints were the sides of the cars themselves. [8]
Backety-Back Scenic Railway | |
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Crystal Beach | |
Location | Crystal Beach |
Coordinates | 42°52′03″N 79°03′33″W / 42.8675000°N 079.0591667°W |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | 1909 |
Closing date | 1926 |
Cost | $50,000 |
General statistics | |
Type | Wood – Shuttle |
Designer | John H. Brown |
Speed | 10 mph (16 km/h) |
Inversions | 0 |
Trains | 2 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 5 rows for a total of 20 riders per train. |
Backety-Back Scenic Railway at RCDB |
Backety-Back Scenic Railway was a wooden roller coaster located at Crystal Beach Park. The ride opened to the public in 1909 and operated until 1926. [1] The Backety-Back Scenic Railway was notable for a backward-traveling innovation which would be adopted many years later in more modern steel roller coasters. [2] It was also one of the earliest shuttle roller coasters to be built, [3] as well as being the second roller coaster to be built in the Crystal Beach amusement park. [4] The coaster has been cited as a particularly beautiful example of roller coaster architecture. [5]
Backety-Back Scenic Railway was built in 1909 by Pennsylvanian John H. Brown and construction of the coaster cost $50,000. [6] Backety-Back Scenic Railway was the only roller coaster Brown would ever build. [7] In 1904, however, he patented the unique track-reversal design which made the coaster a predecessor to modern shuttle roller coasters. [8]
Being a shuttle roller coaster, Backety-Back Scenic Railway traveled over its course both forwards and backwards. The coaster had two lift hills and also necessitated the operation of a switchman when the coaster had reached the end of its forward progress. [6] Following this reversal, the train would engage a second reversal and continue on its way. [8] The course of the roller coaster was a twister layout [9] and the roller coaster had a curved tunnel in its course as well. [6] Trains had 2 cars of 5 rows apiece, with each row having two riders. [8]
The coaster had a large station which resembled a riverboat in shape. Inside this station was a ticket office (tickets were sold for 10 cents) and the queue for the ride itself. [8]
In 1910, a 17-year-old girl, Louise Koch was killed after falling from the Backety-Back Scenic Railway. [9] The coaster had minimal safety features, and the only restraints were the sides of the cars themselves. [8]