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Texas Tornado (formerly Cyclone) operated at Frontier Family Fun Park in Lancashire UK from 1939 until the park's closure in 1999. The 3,000+ feet of track went through color changes over the years, with the final decade or so of the ride existing in a natural wood tone.

Poor upkeep in the park's final years led to the ride being.....not so very pleasant for a lot of park visitors.

📸 Steve Smith | c. late 1990s

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Cyclone was a wooden out-and-back coaster that operated at Excelsior Amusement Park from 1925 until the park's closure in 1973. When the ride was built, it originally cost $60,000 USD to construct. ($1.02 million USD in today's money)

Note the lack of restraints securing riders into.

📸 Getty Images | c. 1935

#rollerCoasters #Coasters #AmusementParks #ThemeParks #cyclone #WoodenCoaster #DefunctCoaster #DefunctParks #minnesota

Cyclone was a wooden out-and-back coaster that operated at Excelsior Amusement Park from 1925 until the park's closure in 1973. When the ride was built, it originally cost $60,000 USD to construct. ($1.02 million USD in today's money)

Note the lack of restraints securing riders into.

📸 Getty Images | c. 1935

#rollerCoasters #Coasters #AmusementParks #ThemeParks #cyclone #WoodenCoaster #DefunctCoaster #DefunctParks #minnesota

Cyclone was a wooden out-and-back coaster that operated at Excelsior Amusement Park from 1925 until the park's closure in 1973. When the ride was built, it originally cost $60,000 USD to construct. ($1.02 million USD in today's money)

Note the lack of restraints securing riders into.

📸 Getty Images | c. 1935

#rollerCoasters #Coasters #AmusementParks #ThemeParks #cyclone #WoodenCoaster #DefunctCoaster #DefunctParks #minnesota

Cyclone was a wooden out-and-back coaster that operated at Excelsior Amusement Park from 1925 until the park's closure in 1973. When the ride was built, it originally cost $60,000 USD to construct. ($1.02 million USD in today's money)

Note the lack of restraints securing riders into.

📸 Getty Images | c. 1935

#rollerCoasters #Coasters #AmusementParks #ThemeParks #cyclone #WoodenCoaster #DefunctCoaster #DefunctParks #minnesota

Rocket is a defunct wooden roller coaster that operated at Ocean View Amusement Park in Norfolk, Virginia from 1929 until the park's closure in 1978.

The ride was originally designed by Ed Vettel with further reworking of the track and layout by Herb Schmeck.

This is one of those roller coasters you wish hadn't been lost to history.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 1977

#RollerCoasters #coasters #norfolk #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #WoodenCoaster #ThemeParks

Rocket is a defunct wooden roller coaster that operated at Ocean View Amusement Park in Norfolk, Virginia from 1929 until the park's closure in 1978.

The ride was originally designed by Ed Vettel with further reworking of the track and layout by Herb Schmeck.

This is one of those roller coasters you wish hadn't been lost to history.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 1977

#RollerCoasters #coasters #norfolk #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #WoodenCoaster #ThemeParks

Rocket is a defunct wooden roller coaster that operated at Ocean View Amusement Park in Norfolk, Virginia from 1929 until the park's closure in 1978.

The ride was originally designed by Ed Vettel with further reworking of the track and layout by Herb Schmeck.

This is one of those roller coasters you wish hadn't been lost to history.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 1977

#RollerCoasters #coasters #norfolk #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #WoodenCoaster #ThemeParks

Rocket is a defunct wooden roller coaster that operated at Ocean View Amusement Park in Norfolk, Virginia from 1929 until the park's closure in 1978.

The ride was originally designed by Ed Vettel with further reworking of the track and layout by Herb Schmeck.

This is one of those roller coasters you wish hadn't been lost to history.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 1977

#RollerCoasters #coasters #norfolk #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #WoodenCoaster #ThemeParks

Giant Coaster at the now defunct Paragon Park in Massachusetts. The park was open from 1905 to 1984.

Giant Coaster was relocated to @SixFlags America after the parks closure and continues to operate today as Wild One. Originally built in 1917 by John A. Miller and Herbert Schmeck, Wild One is the oldest roller coaster in the Six Flags chain.

📸 Boston Globe | c. 1984

#rollerCoasters #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #SixFlags #WildOne #themeParks #amusementParks #coasters #rollerCoaster

Giant Coaster at the now defunct Paragon Park in Massachusetts. The park was open from 1905 to 1984.

Giant Coaster was relocated to @SixFlags America after the parks closure and continues to operate today as Wild One. Originally built in 1917 by John A. Miller and Herbert Schmeck, Wild One is the oldest roller coaster in the Six Flags chain.

📸 Boston Globe | c. 1984

#rollerCoasters #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #SixFlags #WildOne #themeParks #amusementParks #coasters #rollerCoaster

Giant Coaster at the now defunct Paragon Park in Massachusetts. The park was open from 1905 to 1984.

Giant Coaster was relocated to @SixFlags America after the parks closure and continues to operate today as Wild One. Originally built in 1917 by John A. Miller and Herbert Schmeck, Wild One is the oldest roller coaster in the Six Flags chain.

📸 Boston Globe | c. 1984

#rollerCoasters #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #SixFlags #WildOne #themeParks #amusementParks #coasters #rollerCoaster

Giant Coaster at the now defunct Paragon Park in Massachusetts. The park was open from 1905 to 1984.

Giant Coaster was relocated to @SixFlags America after the parks closure and continues to operate today as Wild One. Originally built in 1917 by John A. Miller and Herbert Schmeck, Wild One is the oldest roller coaster in the Six Flags chain.

📸 Boston Globe | c. 1984

#rollerCoasters #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #SixFlags #WildOne #themeParks #amusementParks #coasters #rollerCoaster

Screamin' Delta Demon was a steel bobsled coaster that operated at Opryland USA from 1984 until the park's closure in 1997.

The bobsled was one of the first Intamin bobsled coasters to be manufactured. Unlike the few remaining bobsled coasters that still operate today, Screamin' Delta Demon had small trains that could fit 3-6 people depending on configuration and size.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 1990

#tennessee #rollerCoasters #AmusementParks #themeParks #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #nashville

Screamin' Delta Demon was a steel bobsled coaster that operated at Opryland USA from 1984 until the park's closure in 1997.

The bobsled was one of the first Intamin bobsled coasters to be manufactured. Unlike the few remaining bobsled coasters that still operate today, Screamin' Delta Demon had small trains that could fit 3-6 people depending on configuration and size.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 1990

#tennessee #rollerCoasters #AmusementParks #themeParks #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #nashville

Screamin' Delta Demon was a steel bobsled coaster that operated at Opryland USA from 1984 until the park's closure in 1997.

The bobsled was one of the first Intamin bobsled coasters to be manufactured. Unlike the few remaining bobsled coasters that still operate today, Screamin' Delta Demon had small trains that could fit 3-6 people depending on configuration and size.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 1990

#tennessee #rollerCoasters #AmusementParks #themeParks #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #nashville

Screamin' Delta Demon was a steel bobsled coaster that operated at Opryland USA from 1984 until the park's closure in 1997.

The bobsled was one of the first Intamin bobsled coasters to be manufactured. Unlike the few remaining bobsled coasters that still operate today, Screamin' Delta Demon had small trains that could fit 3-6 people depending on configuration and size.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 1990

#tennessee #rollerCoasters #AmusementParks #themeParks #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #nashville

XLR-8 was a suspended roller coaster designed by #ArrowDynamics that operated at @SixFlags #Astroworld from 1984 until the park closed in 2005. For most of its life the track/train was painted a blue and grey combo, but for its final year of operation XLR-8 had a yellow and blue color combination.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 2004

#RollerCoasters #rollerCoaster #themeParks #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #sixFlags #Texas

XLR-8 was a suspended roller coaster designed by #ArrowDynamics that operated at @SixFlags #Astroworld from 1984 until the park closed in 2005. For most of its life the track/train was painted a blue and grey combo, but for its final year of operation XLR-8 had a yellow and blue color combination.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 2004

#RollerCoasters #rollerCoaster #themeParks #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #sixFlags #Texas

XLR-8 was a suspended roller coaster designed by #ArrowDynamics that operated at @SixFlags #Astroworld from 1984 until the park closed in 2005. For most of its life the track/train was painted a blue and grey combo, but for its final year of operation XLR-8 had a yellow and blue color combination.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 2004

#RollerCoasters #rollerCoaster #themeParks #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #sixFlags #Texas

XLR-8 was a suspended roller coaster designed by #ArrowDynamics that operated at @SixFlags #Astroworld from 1984 until the park closed in 2005. For most of its life the track/train was painted a blue and grey combo, but for its final year of operation XLR-8 had a yellow and blue color combination.

📸 rcdb.com | c. 2004

#RollerCoasters #rollerCoaster #themeParks #DefunctParks #DefunctCoaster #sixFlags #Texas