The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then performs a 180 degree turn at its summit before swooping back down on a parallel track.
1969
1939
2014
1896
1897
1964
1906
1952
1951
1937
1993
1898
1997
1909
1982