If the roller coaster was a locomotive gone truly loco, it also remained closely associated with "real" transportation in ways that went beyond metaphor. To bring people in, ride owners relied on ...

Ohio’s Cedar Point and the new Cotaland amusement park in Austin, Texas both plan to open Vekoma tilt coasters in 2025.

The coaster train will then plunge down along 2,966 feet of twisting track at a top speed of 58 mph. In all, riders will experience 13 instances of weightless or so-called airtime moments along ...

A lot of people look at roller coasters as an exciting example of physics ... The redundant PLC connects to inductive prox sensors to check train speed and location. Other moving parts, like ...