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
 * Vertical Loop
 * On-Ride-Photo Section
 * Water Splash

Constraints

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

Vehicles

 * Wooden Roller Coaster Trains
 * Wooden Roller Coaster Trains (backwards) (RCT1 only)
 * Articulated Roller Coaster Train
 * Six-seater Roller Coaster Train (RCT2 and RCT3)
 * Six-seater Roller Coaster Train (backwards) (RCT2 and RCT3)
 * Mine Cart Ride (RCT2 only)
 * Stage Coach Rollercoaster (RCT2 only)

Downloadable Vehicles

 * Dream Woodie Trains (See here)

Operating Modes

 * Continuous circuit mode

Scenario-only
A * sign means the name is different in the US and EU versions,
 * Bumbly Beach: Roller Coaster 1/Big Dipper*
 * Karts & Coasters: Big Woodchip/Lumberjack*
 * Karts & Coasters: Bigger Woodchip/Timber Terror*
 * Crumbly Woods: Woodchip Woodchip/Double Trouble*
 * 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

Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

 * 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

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
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Pre-built designs

 * Mischief (RCT1)
 * Woodchip (RCT1, RCT2)
 * Black Widow (RCT2, RCT3)
 * Brainstorm (RCT2)
 * Colossus (Track 1) (RCT2)
 * Colossus (Track 2) (RCT2)
 * Driftwood (RCT2)
 * Firetrap (RCT2)
 * Glowing Embers (RCT2)
 * Great White Wail (RCT2)
 * Hardwood (RCT2)
 * Judge Roy Scream (RCT2)
 * Loup-Garou (RCT2)
 * Microfobia (RCT2)
 * Psyclone (RCT2)
 * Ricochet (RCT2)
 * Robin Hood (RCT2)
 * Rolling Thunder (Track 1) (RCT2)
 * Rolling Thunder (Track 2) (RCT2)
 * Roughrider (RCT2)
 * Sawdust (RCT2)
 * Shimmy (RCT2)
 * Splinter (RCT2)
 * Texas Giant (RCT2)
 * Tinder (RCT2)
 * Touchwood (RCT2)
 * Ugly Twisters (RCT2)
 * Whiteout (RCT2)
 * Whitewash (RCT2)
 * Woodwind (RCT2)
 * Woodworm (RCT2)

In Real Life
The Wooden Roller Coaster doesn't replicate a specific model, rather a general type of coaster. This type of roller coaster outdated the Side Friction coaster, and the invention of Up-Stop Wheels revolutionised this type of ride.

The Vertical Loop element is found in all three Tycoon games, however only one modern wooden roller coaster 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