Backety-Back Scenic Railway
Wooden roller coaster at Crystal Beach Park / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Backety-Back Scenic Railway | |
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Crystal Beach | |
Location | Crystal Beach |
Coordinates | 42.8675000°N 079.0591667°W / 42.8675000; -079.0591667 |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | 1909 (1909) |
Closing date | 1926 (1926) |
Cost | $50,000 |
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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 |
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