Flip Flap Railway
Looping roller coaster in New York, 1888–1902 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the former roller coaster on Coney Island. For the former roller coaster in Atlantic City, sometimes known as the Flip Flap Railway, see Loop the Loop (Young's Pier).
Flip Flap Railway was the name of a looping wooden roller coaster which operated for a number of years at Paul Boyton's Sea Lion Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. The coaster, which opened in 1895, was one of the first looping roller coasters to operate in North America. It was also notable for its engineering as well as the extreme G-forces that this engineering inflicted on riders.
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Flip Flap Railway | |
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Sea Lion Park | |
Location | Sea Lion Park |
Coordinates | 40.578°N 73.979°W / 40.578; -73.979 |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | 1895 (1895) |
Closing date | 1902 (1902) |
General statistics | |
Type | Wood |
Manufacturer | Lina Beecher |
Designer | Lina Beecher |
Inversions | 1 |
G-force | 12 |
Trains | a single car. Riders are arranged 1 across in 2 rows for a total of 2 riders per train. |
Flip Flap Railway at RCDB |
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