Backety-Back Scenic Railway
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| Backety-Back Scenic Railway | |
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| Crystal Beach | |
| Location | Crystal Beach |
| Coordinates | 42°52′03″N 79°03′33″W / 42.8675000°N 079.0591667°W |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | 1909 |
| Closing date | 1926 |
| Cost | $50,000 |
| General statistics | |
| 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 | |
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]
Backety-Back Scenic Railway was built in 1909 by Pennsylvanian John H. Brown and construction of the coaster cost $50,000.[6] Backety-Back Scenic Railway was the only roller coaster Brown would ever build.[7] In 1904, however, he patented the unique track-reversal design which made the coaster a predecessor to modern shuttle roller coasters.[8]