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Wild ’90s video shows wooden rollercoaster track shaking with each ride

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Wild ’90s video shows wooden rollercoaster track shaking with each ride
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There is a certain historical charm to wooden rollercoasters, even if many prefer to admire them from a distance these days. Although the thrill ride’s origins technically trace back to 19th century France, the first traditional “gravity switchback railway” design debuted at New York’s Coney Island in 1884. The introduction of steel rail coasters during the 1950s marked a new era, allowing for previously impossible feats of design like hairpin turns, dizzying loops, steeper drops, and cars runni

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