It’s pretty much a yearly occurrence these days – some amusement park is setting a new roller coaster record. Maybe it’s for speed. Maybe it’s for a special design feature. But since 1979, The Beast ...

The coaster was designed by three mechanical engineering juniors and built in the span of a week by the incoming freshmen who would ride its wooden rails. In early designs, the coaster even had an ...

Watch an excerpt, above, from the new documentary “The Roller Coaster Wars That Birthed a Beast," available now on the Very Local app.It's hard to imagine a world without roller coasters and amusement ...

Around 1966, 11-year-old Thomas Rebbie’s father took him, his sister and his brother for a day trip from their home in Glenside, Montgomery County, to Dorney Park in South Whitehall Township, where ...