Wooden Roller Coaster

The Wooden Roller Coaster is a roller coaster.

Construction
Track is laminated wood, topped with a flat steel running rail, constructed on a wooden support structure. Trains are held on the track by up-stop wheels, which run under the inside edge of the rails.

Special Track Elements

 * Banked Curves
 * On-Ride Photo Section
 * Water Splash
 * Vertical Loops (Loopy Landscapes, RCT2 and RCT3)

Constraints

 * Maximum banked curve angle - 30°
 * Maximum Track Slope - 60°
 * Maximum Lift Hill Slope - 25°
 * Maximum Height - 105 Feet (RCT1); 200 Feet (RCT2)

Downloadable Vehicles

 * Dream Woodie Trains (The Amazing Earl)

Operating Modes

 * Continuous circuit mode
 * Continuous circuit block sectioned mode (RCT2 onwards)
 * Reverse-incline launched shuttle mode (OpenRCT2 only)

Scenario-only
A * sign means the name is different in the US and EU versions,
 * Bumbly Beach: Roller Coaster 1/Dipper (European version)
 * Karts & Coasters: Big Woodchip/Lumberjack (European version)
 * Karts & Coasters: Bigger Woodchip/Timber Terror (European version)
 * Crumbly Woods: Woodchip Woodchip/Double Trouble (European version)
 * Haunted Harbor: Woodpecker
 * Volcania: Roller Coaster 1
 * Rotting Heights: Phantom
 * Fiasco Forest: Dynamite Run
 * Dusty Desert: Roller Coaster 2
 * Southern Sands: Roller Coaster 1
 * Tiny Towers: Roller Coaster 2
 * Megaworld Park: Cyclone
 * Megaworld Park: Rotting Lumber
 * Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Big Dipper
 * Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Grand National
 * Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Roller Coaster
 * Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Vikingar
 * Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Zipper Dipper
 * PC Gaming World: Calamity

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 * Roller Coaster Building Tutorial: Wooden Roller Coaster 1
 * Gravity Gardens: Treetop Flyer
 * Infernal Views: Wooden Roller Coaster 1
 * Rainbow Summit: Wooden Roller Coaster 1
 * Six Flags Belgium: Loup-Garou
 * Six Flags Great Adventure: Rolling Thunder (Track 1)
 * Six Flags Great Adventure: Rolling Thunder (Track 2)
 * Six Flags Holland: Robin Hood
 * Six Flags Magic Mountain: Colossus (Track 1)
 * Six Flags Magic Mountain: Colossus (Track 2)
 * Six Flags Magic Mountain: Psyclone
 * Six Flags Over Texas: Judge Roy Scream
 * Six Flags Over Texas: Texas Giant
 * Grand Canyon: Calamity Coaches
 * African Diamond Mine: Wooden Roller Coaster 1

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Pre-built designs

 * Black Widow (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Brainstorm (RCT2)
 * Buffalo (RCT3)
 * Colossus (Track 1) (RCT2)
 * Colossus (Track 2) (RCT2)
 * Driftwood (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Firetrap (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Glowing Embers (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Great White Wail (RCT2, RCT 3)
 * In the UK version, this is called 'Goofball City'.
 * Hardwood (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Judge Roy Scream (RCT2)
 * Little Beast (RCT3)
 * Loup-Garou (RCT2)
 * Microfobia (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Mischief (RCT1)
 * Psyclone (RCT2)
 * Ricochet (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Robin Hood (RCT2)
 * Rolling Thunder (Track 1) (RCT2)
 * Rolling Thunder (Track 2) (RCT2)
 * Roughrider (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Sawdust (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Shimmy (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Splinter (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Texas Giant (RCT2)
 * Tinder (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Touchwood (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Ugly Twisters (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Whiteout (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Whitewash (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Woodchip (RCT1, RCT2)
 * Woodwind (RCT2)
 * Woodworm (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Zipper (RCT3)

In Real Life
Coming to prevalence in the mid 20th century, this type of roller coaster outdated the Side-Friction Coaster, and the invention of up-stop wheels revolutionized this type of ride.

While the track style of the Wooden Roller Coaster doesn't replicate a specific model, the various trains appear to replicate those of famous manufacturers. The standard and 6-seater trains take on the appearance of classic Philadelphia Toboggan Company trains, while the articulated trains are reminiscent of Great Coaster International Millennium Flyer trains.

The Vertical Loop element is found in all three Tycoon games, however only one modern wooden roller coaster has ever featured a vertical loop; Son of Beast at Kings Island. This loop was later removed to allow lighter trains to be used on the ride.
 * Wooden Roller Coaster on Coasterpedia