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Wooden Roller Coasters
The first type of roller coaster is the wooden roller coaster. The wooden roller coaster braced by wooden cross ties and diagonal support beams. The entire track rest on wooden or steel beams. Some wooden roller coasters can even go upside down but not a lot of modern roller coasters do this anymore. They don’t do this any more because the wooden track is inflexible. This is also why wooden roller coasters don't have complex twist or turns. The main motion of a wooden roller coaster is from going up and down. Also track is cumbersome which means large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use.
The next type of roller coaster is steel. The steel roller coaster changed the world in the early 1950’s. Its supported by long steel tubes and
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