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  2. Wooden roller coaster - Wikipedia

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    A wooden roller coaster is a type of roller coaster classified by its wooden track, which consists of running rails made of flat steel strips mounted on laminated wood. The support structure is also typically made of wood, but may also be made of steel lattice or truss , which has no bearing on a wooden coaster's classification.

  3. Wooden toy train - Wikipedia

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    Some of the early sets exhibited train designs that were later used for wooden track trains. In 1949, Hermann Eichhorn, of the Eichhorn family that made the PEWESTI wooden toys in Steinach, Thuringia, [15] founded his company for wooden toys in the Bavarian town of Egglham. In 1961, he started producing his version of a wooden track railway system.

  4. American Eagle (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    Located in the County Fair section of the park, American Eagle is a dual-track wooden racing coaster that spans almost the entire southern edge of the park. Some of the hallmarks of the coaster's out-and-back design include its 560-degree helix at the turnaround point and a 55-degree first drop that dips 20 feet (6.1 m) below ground level.

  5. Railway track - Wikipedia

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    A railway track (CwthE and UIC terminology) or railroad track (NAmE), also known as permanent way (CwthE) [1] or "P Way" (BrE [2] and Indian English), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers (railroad ties in American English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.

  6. Dual-tracked roller coaster - Wikipedia

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    Dueling roller coaster: features two (or more) roller coasters, usually with a similar layout, built close to each other. The rides are designed to do just as the name indicates: to duel . The coaster's layout often consists of strategic maneuvering to produce near-misses between the two coaster trains, designed to induce a greater adrenaline ...

  7. Racer (Kennywood) - Wikipedia

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    Racer is a wooden racing roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.Built by Charlie Mach and designed by John A. Miller, Racer opened to the public in 1927 and is one of the oldest operating roller coasters in the world.

  8. The Voyage (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    The Voyage is a wooden roller coaster located at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana.Designed and built by The Gravity Group with the help of designers Mike Graham, Korey Kiepert, Larry Bill, Chad Miller, and former park President Will Koch, the roller coaster is themed to the famous voyage of the Mayflower by Pilgrims to North America in 1620.

  9. Iron Rattler - Wikipedia

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    RMC installed their patented I-Box track onto Rattler's existing wooden structure, increasing the drop height from 124 to 171 feet (38 to 52 m) and the maximum speed from 65 to 70 mph (105 to 113 km/h). A notable addition to its layout was a zero-g roll inversion, which was a first among hybrid coasters made of wood and steel. [2] [3]