The roller coaster has its origins ... Ohio devised a continuous-loop track called the Serpentine Railway. This type of coaster, which would soon be among the most common, came to be known as ...

The Kingda Ka ride began by hurtling riders from 1 to 128 mph in just 3.5 seconds, making it the fastest roller coaster in North America. After passengers shot up the track at a 90-degree angle ...

After months of preparing the foundations and supports for its newest roller coaster ... the ground it appears the coaster encounters a broken track that trails off to nowhere.

On Tuesday, the park shared on social media several photos of track being replaced on the Racer roller coaster as part of its annual maintenance program. According to Nick Paradise, Kennywood ...

Gravity is the force that pulls things to the ground. Roller coasters rely on gravity to take them to the end of the track. This involves two types of energy, potential energy and kinetic energy.

A fan-favourite roller coaster that has been part of the Canada's Wonderland park landscape for two decades will soon be demolished. Wonderland has ...

Their fate will hang in the balance as they encounter the roller coaster’s signature moment: A dead stop on a “broken off” section of track. The creaking platform holding the train of riders ...

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, N.J. – The world's tallest and second-fastest roller coaster, Kingda Ka ... wasn't uncommon for the ride to start the day off fully operational, only to be shut down after ...

[Jon Mendenhall] fixed this deficiency by designing a model roller coaster that accurately simulates a full-sized ride. The track and cart are all made of 3D printed pieces, which altogether took ...