Wooden Roller Coaster Construction. Wooden roller coasters were the first type of coasters ever built. They are composed of steel strip running rails mounted on a laminated wooden track. Common types ...

Then he got an idea: Create a new type of coaster track, a combination of wood and steel, that wouldn't require as much maintenance. And then he got another idea: Create an all-steel track, and ...

The 1972 Woodstock Express kiddie coaster adds a 1,350-foot cushion to Kings Island’s track total. Kings Island’s wooden coaster title would be even more daunting if the 7,032-foot-long Son of ...

This wooden oval track will be 250 metres in length, seven metres wide with 42 degree banking on the turns, and built with 68,000 metres of Siberian Spruce.