Automated Integration replaced many relays, an old PLC and what seemed like miles of wire when it upgraded the control and safety system on the Hurricane roller coaster in New Mexico. The relocated ...

The Flitzer roller coaster will be in ... A 35-year-old roller coaster at the Jersey Shore is ... make improvements to the ride such as magnetic brakes, new tracks, a new control system, ...

One idea that was floated involved using the car’s regenerative braking system at an amusement park, in an effort to reclaim and use some of a roller coaster’s kinetic energy.

Wade Shows sets up the Comet II on the Midway at the New York State fairgrounds last year. The ride has a new $125,000 braking system. Syracuse, N.Y. -- The roller coaster that injured two ...

Roller coaster fans noticed something peculiar about Elon Musk's Loop tunnel: It uses century-old amusement park technology. "It seems like they've built essentially a side-friction roller coaster ...

If you don't mind the creaking and rattling, old-school wooden coasters can still offer a thrill. Here are a few oldies-but-goodies to check out this summer.

Knott’s Berry Farm has launched a major renovation of a 1978 roller coaster that has been designated a historic landmark as the last operating ride of its kind in the United States and the ...