Talk:Side friction roller coaster
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Is the "Hochschaubahn" in Wien Prater actually a side-friction roller coaster?
edit--Nomike (talk) 13:18, 9 August 2019 (UTC) According to the article about the Wiener Hochschaubahn in the German Wikipedia, the first Wiener Hochschaubahn, operating from 1909 until 1944 (when it burned down, most likely due to a short circuit in the electrical system), was a scenic railway. However, the article states that the second Wiener Hochschaubah, opened as a replacement in 1950 and still operating today, is a side friction coaster.
I will try to visit the place within the next couple of weeks and try to verify this, but if the currently operating coaster is indeed a side-friction one, the statement in the article that there is only two of those left operating in the world, can't be true and there is at least three.
9 remaining scenic railways?
editThe article body text claims there remain 8 operating scenic railways, but oddly enough then lists 9 examples. What gives? We should look through the examples and check them all, and update the number remaining accordingly.Anon423 (talk) 20:04, 6 August 2020 (UTC) Never mind; I found and fixed the discrepancy. One of them, Hullámvasút, closed in 2015 but remains standing. Let me know if the number of new references to the Roller Coaster Database is too high. Anon423 (talk) 20:21, 6 August 2020 (UTC)