One of the first “roller-coaster” rides in the U.S. was actually a short coal railway in Pennsylvania that hauled coal downhill between mines and used mules to bring the empty cars back up the hill.

Photographer @bioreconstruct shared a look at roller-coaster track for Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift staged near Universal Epic Universe.

Roller coasters in the 1970s were often unpolished, occasionally jarring, but rarely forgettable. They didn’t all survive, ...

What keeps roller coasters on the track and riders safely in their seats? This video explores roller coaster safety, the evolution of coaster design, and the function of ride mechanisms. This ...

Part of the appeal of riding a roller coaster simulator over the real thing is that you can experience track designs that are physically impossible in the real world. ROCO, a new coaster simulator, ...

Students taking a new roller-coaster design course at Purdue University have discovered that fun, real-world applications make solving difficult engineering problems more interesting. "What we found ...