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Adding this here for future reference, the Car_gwyllt was invented by the Welsh in 1870, which used by quarrymen to go down the mountain for either ease or fun, worth adding this to the article as it is closely related to rollercoasters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogyncymru ( talk • contribs) 00:01, 11 August 2018 (UTC) reply

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In the Scenic railways section, change "a 8.7-mile" to "an 8.7-mile" in order to use the proper English article preceding a word beginning in a vowel. Z3a1 ( talk) 19:54, 28 May 2018 (UTC) reply

 Done: I actually removed the length altogether, since it wasn't cited with a source here or in the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway article. -- GoneIn60 ( talk) 22:53, 28 May 2018 (UTC) reply

Text and references copied from Roller Coaster to Hybrid roller coaster. See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 15:30, 29 April 2021 (UTC) reply

Text and references copied from Hybrid roller coaster to Roller coaster. See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 12:03, 30 April 2021 (UTC) reply

Just wanted to pop in as a heads up for anyone still active on this page. I'm planning to rework this article, so if anyone has any suggestions, please drop in and add them. Coilebethany ( talk) 15:46, 21 February 2022 (UTC) reply