A roller-coaster model, built around 1900, is going from an Orlando collector into the hall of fame. Also on the move: carousel horse from the 1800s. Skip to content. All Sections.

Fans of old-fashioned wooden roller coasters have until July 31 to ride Hersheypark's landmark Wildcat coaster. Wildcat, which opened in 1996, has 3,100 feet of track with a top speed of 48 mph ...

This model of the Phoenix wooden roller coaster at Knoebels Amusement Resort was restored and donated to the National Roller Coaster Museum in Texas. READ MORE Knoebels announces plans for drive ...

Since the first roller coaster opened in 1884 on New York' s ... you're talking about 20 years before the Model T, ... which is still the only wooden roller coaster in Utah.

The Beast has been terrorizing and thrilling coaster-lovers for nearly 40 years. When it opened on April 14, 1979, the 7,359-foot ride was the tallest, fastest and longest wooden roller coaster in ...

Gravity Group did the engineering on China’s first wooden roller coaster, which opened in 2009. Constructed in Shanghai, the coaster is about 110-ft tall with a first drop of a little more than ...

Top Speed: 35 mph As Alaska’s first permanent roller coaster, Aftershock may not be the fastest coaster in the nation, but it marks an exciting milestone in the state’s thrill-seeking history.

(WHTM) — Wooden roller coasters throughout Pennsylvania create plenty of thrills; some of them are nearly 100 years old and many of them are considered historical landmarks. But what about th… ...

The fastest wooden roller coaster in the world (top speed: 70 MPH), El Toro has managed to outshine its neighbor Kingda Ka—the tallest coaster in the world—since its 2006 opening.