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History· 10 min read

Lightning Rod: The World's First, and Last, Launched Wooden Coaster

Dollywood chased a record nobody could ever take, then spent eight years undoing the launch that earned it

TrackR Team · June 5, 2026

History· 7 min read

The History of RMC: The Coaster Doctors

How Rocky Mountain Construction, a ten-person crew working out of a house in Idaho, turned the wooden coasters nobody wanted into the best rides on Earth

TrackR Team · June 4, 2026

History· 5 min read

The Coney Island Cyclone: The Coaster That Refused to Leave Brooklyn

A 1927 wooden twister that survived demolition plans, a swamp display, and nearly a century to become a protected landmark

TrackR Team · June 1, 2026