Singer Park @ Boonton, NJ

[SensualEthiopianPolice]

Almost ready to upload to NEDesigns, but I'm so excited that I'm uploading it here too. Singer Park @ Boonton, NJ.sv6

[Mattiator]

Quaint (although I'd recognize that inverted helix anywhere ). I assume the small blue woody is a pleasure railway of some sort?

[SensualEthiopianPolice]

Just now, Mattiator said:

"pleasure railway"

I don't know what that means but yes. Also I would like to take credit for the inverted helix. I didn't see any inverted helices until after I started building them just sayin.............

[Wuis]

Wow, when you said it was on I thought you were joking. But it's on!

[SensualEthiopianPolice]

Just now, Wuis said:

Wow, when you said it was on I thought you were joking. But it's on!

Sounds like we're having a wood-off

[Mattiator]

9 minutes ago, SensualEthiopianPolice said:

Sounds like we're having a wood-off

That sounds oddly pornographic. A "pleasure railway" was essentially an early tracked forerunner of the modern coaster, although its speed was controlled by a brakeman at the front. And yeah I haven't seen that maneuver used before you started using 'em, just mentioning I recognize your 'signature' on the coaster.

[SensualEthiopianPolice]

16 hours ago, Mattiator said:

That sounds oddly pornographic. A "pleasure railway" was essentially an early tracked forerunner of the modern coaster, although its speed was controlled by a brakeman at the front.

Oh, I always called them Scenic Railways, but that might be a regional thing.

Edited August 11, 2016 by SensualEthiopianPolice

[Mattiator]

Probably a regional thing yeah.

[YoloSweggLord]

2 hours ago, Mattiator said:

That sounds oddly pornographic.

Oh you shouldv'e seen the wood jokes I was making yesterday.

[X7123M3-256]

4 hours ago, SensualEthiopianPolice said:

Also I would like to take credit for the inverted helix

If you mean the turnaround immediately after the drop (which is the only thing that looks like a helix), there was a similar element on Son Of Beast - I believe it was referred to as a rose bowl. I've not heard the term "Inverted helix" used to refer to this element though, so maybe you meant something else.

[SensualEthiopianPolice]

11 minutes ago, X7123M3-256 said:

If you mean the turnaround immediately after the drop (which is the only thing that looks like a helix), there was a similar element on Son Of Beast - I believe it was referred to as a rose bowl. I've not heard the term "Inverted helix" used to refer to this element though, so maybe you meant something else.

I'm more so talking about other coasters I've built in multi. I started building a lot of wooden twisters lately and a couple of them have inverted helices which is not what's pictured here but is similar. After I built those in a handful of servers, I noticed that a couple of coasters in a couple of servers had almost identical elements to mine. Typically, I'd assume I just wasn't paying attention before now but I swear I not once saw that element before in the long time I've been on orct2 multi and suddenly two pop up. I don't think it's a coincidence but there's no way for me to say that without sounding like an arrogant twat.

[_SpacE__]

Really nice! Lots of CS used.  I really like the Woody too. How much time did you put into this? Just out of curiosity.

About the Helix argument, I will just throw in the "Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon".  

" The illusion in which a word, a name, or other thing that has recently come to one's attention suddenly seems to appear with improbable frequency shortly afterwards (not to be confused with therecency illusion or selection bias). Colloquially, this illusion is known as the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. " (That is just copied out of wikipedia, but that is the basic explanation. :p)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Frequency_illusion

Edited August 10, 2016 by _SpacE__

[daemond27]

very nice coaster

[SensualEthiopianPolice]

9 hours ago, _SpacE__ said:

How much time did you put into this? Just out of curiosity.

 

Surprisingly, only a couple days.

[cascadia]

16 hours ago, SensualEthiopianPolice said:

Oh, I always called them Scenic Railways, but that might be a regional thing.

 

Scenic railways are basically normal tourist full-size trains that take them through scenic areas, often on multi-day trips.  Pleasure railways are basically an early coaster.

[SensualEthiopianPolice]

Just now, cascadia said:

 

Scenic railways are basically normal tourist full-size trains that take them through scenic areas, often on multi-day trips.  Pleasure railways are basically an early coaster.

Au Contraire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Park,_Melbourne

[cascadia]

9 minutes ago, SensualEthiopianPolice said:

Au Contraire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Park,_Melbourne

 

Modern usage of the word scenic railways is essentially my definition.

 

https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&ei=yKmrV4iANtXwjwOhwYeIAw&q=scenic+railway&oq=scenic+ra&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.1.1.0l5.1526.5068.0.6670.12.11.0.1.1.0.417.2003.1j3j3j1j1.9.0....0...1c.1j4.64.mobile-gws-hp..3.9.1980.3..5j46j35i39k1j0i3k1j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i46k1.iu6bfU172u0

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuranda_Scenic_Railway

 

It's only a few coasters that use that name- people will usually associate it with railroads instead.

[SensualEthiopianPolice]

Scenic Railway is the antiquated term. It was the common term for roller coasters in America in the 19th and early 20th century.

[BlazingEmpireHD]

It does look great! I will download it when it hits New Element. (Dunno why I won't download it here).

[SensualEthiopianPolice]

8 minutes ago, BlazingEmpireHD said:

It does look great! I will download it when it hits New Element. (Dunno why I won't download it here).

the NE version is a little more complete.

[X7123M3-256]

10 hours ago, cascadia said:

Scenic railways are basically normal tourist full-size trains that take them through scenic areas, often on multi-day trips.  Pleasure railways are basically an early coaster.

It can also mean that, but in an amusement park context the term "Scenic Railway" refers to a specific type of early rollercoaster, especially those built by LaMarcus Thompson (who is widely credited with inventing the modern roller coaster). Scenic Railways usually ran on flanged wheels with no upstops (the scenic railway predates John Miller's invention of the upstop wheel in 1919, but scenic railways continued to be built by L.A Thompson and others beyond this date) and featured gentle dips and slopes, often with painted backdrops and tunnels. The train would usually be equipped with a brakeman who would manually control the speed (though many surviving examples have since been converted to modern track-based braking). A good example of a scenic railway is Hochschaubahn.

If anyone is interested, I made a version of L.A Thompson's scenic railway for RCT2. I never added it to my webpage because it is really, really glitchy (trains way longer than the game is designed to handle), but it can still be downloaded here. It features an animated brakeman, but it's sadly not visible amongst all the glitching.

[SensualEthiopianPolice]

And voila: http://www.nedesigns.com/park/3638/singer-park-boonton-nj/

[X7123M3-256]

I like the use of the Millenium Flyers as Prior & Church trains - I always forget they existed because few survive today, so I'm always surprised to see those trains used in an older park like this, but they work well - they do look an awful lot like the Prior and Church design. It's interesting to see a layout of this era done - most RCT2 parks I see are modern.

Edited August 17, 2016 by X7123M3-256