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Roller Coaster Manufacturers

SBNO = Standing But Not Operating FN = Former Name
RL = Relocated to another park R = Removed
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Arrow Dynamics (Formerly: Arrow, Arrow Development, and Arrow-Huss) (top)
Arrow was founded by Karl Bacon, Edgar Morgan, and Walter Schulze in 1946 as a machine shop in Mountain View, CA. Walt Disney had Arrow assist in manufacturing some of rides for the new Disneyland in the 1960s. From 1966 to the 1990s, Ron Toomer helped create many steel coasters from Mine Rides to the world's first hyper-coaster. The Clearfield, Utah company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2001. S&S Sports bought the assets of the company in October 2002.

Adventure Express - Kings Island
Anaconda - Kings Dominion
Bat* (R) - Kings Island
Big Bad Wolf - Busch Gardens Europe
Black Widow* (RL) - Six Flags New England
Carolina Cyclone - Carowinds
Carolina Goldrusher - Carowinds
Cedar Creek Mine Ride - Cedar Point
Corkscrew - Cedar Point
Corkscrew* (RL) - Knott's Berry Farm
Corkscrew - Michigan's Adventure
Corkscrew - Nagashima Spaland
Corkscrew* (R) - Geauga Lake
Corkscrew - Silverwood
Corkscrew - Valleyfair!
Demon - California's Great America
Demon - Six Flags Great America
Dexter Frebish Electric Roller Ride* (FN & R) - Six Flags AstroWorld
Dahlonega Mine Train - Six Flags Over Georgia
Double Loop (SBNO) - Geauga Lake
Drachen Fire (R) - Busch Gardens Europe
Excalibur* (R) - Six Flags AstroWorld
Excalibur - Valleyfair! EXT* (FN & RL) - Worlds of Fun
Extremeroller* (RL) - Worlds of Fun
Flight Deck - Kings Island
Gemini - Cedar Point
Gold Rusher - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Great American Scream Machine - Six Flags Great Adventure
Iron Dragon - Cedar Point
Lightning Loops* (RL) - Six Flags Great Adventure
Loch Ness Monster - Busch Gardens Europe
Mad Mouse - Michigan's Adventure
Mad Mouse - Valleyfair!
Magnum XL-200 - Cedar Point
Matterhorn Bobsleds - Disneyland
Mine Train - Six Flags Over Texas
Mini-Mine Train* (R) - Six Flags Over Georgia
Mini Mine Train - Six Flags Over Texas
Ninja - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Orient Express (R) - Worlds of Fun
Psycho Mouse* - California's Great America
Python - Busch Gardens Africa
Python* (R) - Six Flags America
Rail Blazer (FN) - Six Flags St. Louis
River King Mine Train - Six Flags St. Louis
Road Runner Express - Six Flags Fiesta Texas Run-A-Way Mine Train (FN) - Six Flags Over Texas
Runaway Train - Six Flags Great Adventure
Screamin' Demon* (RL) - Kings Island
Serpent - Six Flags AstroWorld
Shockwave - Six Flags Great America
Sidewinder - Elitch Gardens
Steel Phantom (FN) - Kennywood Park
Tennessee Tornado - Dollywood
Thunderation - Silver Dollar City
Thunderbolt Express (R) - Camden Park
Thunder Express* (RL) - Dollywood
Top Gun (FN) - Kings Island
Trailblazer - Hersheypark
Turn of the Century (FN) - California's Great America
Turn of the Century (FN) - Six Flags Great America
Viper - Darien Lake
Viper - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Vortex - Kings Island
Wacky Soap Box Racers* (R) - Knott's Berry Farm
Wild Thing - Wild Waves
X - Six Flags Magic Mountain
XLR-8 - Six Flags AstroWorld
Yahoola Hooler* (FN & R) - Six Flags Over Georgia

Bitler, Oscar (top)
Oscar Bitler built three coasters. Only one remains in operation today.
Cyclone (SBNO) - Williams Grove
Zipper (FN & SBNO) - Williams Grove

Bolliger & Mabillard (top)
Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard worked for Intamin until the late 1980s, but left to form their own engineering company. Their premier coaster opened in 1990. Because their coasters are known for their smoothness and quality, over 50 B&M coasters have been built. Their steel track is manufactured in Ohio, but B&M is based in Monthey, Switzerland.

Alpengeist - Busch Gardens Europe
Apollo's Chariot - Busch Gardens Europe
Banshee (FN) - Cedar Point
Batman-The Dark Knight - Six Flags New England
Batman The Ride - Six Flags Great Adventure
Batman The Ride - Six Flags Great America
Batman The Ride - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Batman The Ride - Six Flags Over Georgia
Batman The Ride - Six Flags Over Texas
Batman The Ride - Six Flags St. Louis
Batman Knight Flight (FN & RL) - Geauga Lake
Chang - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Dominator (RL) - Geauga Lake
Dominator* - Kings Dominion
Dueling Dragons - Islands of Adventure
Georgia Scorcher - Six Flags Over Georgia Goliath* - Six Flags Over Georgia
Great Bear - Hersheypark
Great White - SeaWorld San Antonio
Griffon* - Busch Gardens Europe
Hydra: The Revenge* - Dorney Park
Iron Wolf - Six Flags Great America
Incredible Hulk - Islands of Adventure
Kraken - SeaWorld Orlando
Kumba - Busch Gardens Africa
Mantis - Cedar Point
Medusa - Six Flags Great Adventure
Medusa - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Montu - Busch Gardens Africa
Nitro - Six Flags Great Adventure
Raging Bull - Six Flags Great America Raptor - Cedar Point
Riddler's Revenge - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Scream! - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Silver Bullet - Knott's Berry Farm
Superman Krypton Coaster - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Superman - Ultimate Flight - Six Flags Great Adventure
Superman - Ultimate Flight - Six Flags Great America
Superman - Ultimate Flight - Six Flags Over Georgia
Talon - Dorney Park
Tatsu - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Top Gun - The Jet Coaster - Carowinds
Top Gun - California's Great America
Vortex - Carowinds
Vortex - California's Great America
Wildfire - Silver Dollar City

Bradley and Kaye (top)
This company was co-founded by David Bradley. They made a very limited number of kiddie coasters, but are mostly known for their carousel animal creations.
ACME Gravity-Powered Roller Ride - Six Flags St. Louis
Clown Coaster (FN) - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Goliath Jr. - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Gulf Coaster* - California's Great America
Timberline Twister - Knott's Berry Farm
Rock Candy Express (FN) - Six Flags St. Louis
Wile E. Coyote Coaster (FN) - Six Flags Magic Mountain

Caripro Rides (top)
Dutch-based Caripro was sold to Vekoma in February 2002. They went out of business when Vekoma did.
Scooby's Ghoster Coaster (R) - Kings Island

Chance Rides (top)
Based in Wichita, Kansas, they are the largest manufacturer of amusement rides in the United States. In 2001, they were acquired by Morgan Manufacturing. The new subsidiary, Chance-Morgan Coasters Inc. operates out of La Selva Beach, California, but they produce the coasters in their Wichita facility.
Big Dipper - Michigan's Adventure
Joust - Dutch Wonderland
Swamp Buggy Ride* (R) - Six Flags AstroWorld
Swiss Toboggan (FN) - Little A-Merrick-A
Toboggan - Lakemont Park
Toboggan (FN) - Little A-Merrick-A
Wild N' Wolly Toboggan - Little A-Merrick-A
Wile E. Coyote's Grand Canyon Blaster - Six Flags Over Texas

Coaster Works! (top)
This company from Antioch, Tennessee built a couple of wood coasters before going out a business.
Dania Beach Hurricane - Boomers!
Intimidator (FN & RL) - Race World
Thunder Eagle (RL) - Race World

Church, Frederick (top)
Fred Church built about 10 coasters in the decade before his death in 1936. About half of his coasters were designed with the help of Thomas Prior. Prior and Church coasters were known for their many twists and turns. Sadly, only three of Church's coasters remain open today. Prior & Church also developed the racing carousel known as the Derby Racer.
Aero- Coaster* (FN & R) - Playland Park
Airplane Coaster* (R) - Playland Park
Airplane Dips* (FN & R) - Playland Park
Dragon Coaster - Playland Park
Giant Dipper - Belmont Park
Giant Dipper - Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Cobb & Associates (top)
Bill Cobb worked for the Great Southwest Corporation, a company which started designing shopping malls but moved into designing some amusement parks. He later worked with Don Rosser to produce many wood coasters. He passed away in 1990.
Cyclone - Six Flags New England
Riverside Cyclone (FN) - Six Flags New England
Texas Cyclone - Six Flags AstroWorld
Tornado - Adventureland

Custom Coasters International (top)
Based in West Chester, OH, CCI was founded in 1991 by Denise Dinn Larrick (daughter of coaster designer Charles Dinn) and Randy Larrick. Their main designers are Larry Bill, Chad Miller, Korey Kiepert, and Michael Graham. In recent years, they have produced more wooden coasters than any other company. Sadly, the company closed in July 2002. Denise has moved on to start a wooden coaster division of S&S Sports, while the other four recently formed The Gravity Group, LLC.

Boss - Six Flags St. Louis
Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce
Cannonball Run - Waterville USA
Cornball Express - Indiana Beach
Cyclops - Mt. Olympus
Ghostrider - Knott's Berry Farm
Great White - Morey's Piers
Grizzly (FN) - Silverwood Theme Park
Hoosier Hurricane - Indiana Beach

Sky Princess - Dutch Wonderland
Legend - Holiday World
Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain - Indiana Beach
Outlaw - Adventureland
Pegasus - Mt. Olympus
Rampage - Alabama Adventure
Raven - Holiday World
Shivering Timbers - Michigan's Adventure

Timber Terror - Silverwood Theme Park
Tremors - Silverwood Theme Park
Twisted Sisters (FN) - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Twisted Twins - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Villain (SBNO) - Geauga Lake
Underground - Adventureland
Zach's Zoomer - Michigan's Adventure
Zeus - Mt. Olympus

Dinn & Summers (top)
Charlie Dinn worked with Curtis D. Summers (1929-1992) on about a dozen coasters in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Georgia Cyclone - Six Flags Over Georgia
Hercules (R) - Dorney Park
Mean Streak - Cedar Point Predator - Darien Lake
Psyclone - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Raging Wolf Bobs (SBNO) - Geauga Lake
Texas Giant - Six Flags Over Texas Timber Wolf - Worlds of Fun
Thunder Run - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Wolverine Wildcat - Michigan's Adventure

Drambour, Joseph (top)
Thunderbolt - Six Flags New England

Gerstlauer Elektro GmbH (top)
Gerstlauer was founded in 1981 by Hurbert Gerstlauer. This German company has designed and built big wheels, several wood coaster trains, and a little over a half dozen coasters.
Coastersaurus - LEGOLAND California
Mr. Six's Pandemonium* (FN) - Six Flags New England
Pandemonium* (FN) - Six Flags New England
Spinning Dragons - Worlds of Fun
Timberland Twister - Camp Snoopy
Tony Hawk's Big Spin* - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Tony Hawk's Big Spin* - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Tony Hawk's Big Spin* - Six Flags Over Texas
Tony Hawk's Big Spin* - Six Flags St. Louis

Giovanola S.A. (top)
Like B&M, Giovanola is from Monthey, Switzerland, but unlike B&M, they fabricate their equipment in Switzerland. For nearly 30 years, they built rides as a subcontractor. After building just three coasters, the rides division went bankrupt in April 2001. For 2003, the parent company started G-Tech Rides to try to get back in the coaster business.
Goliath - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Titan - Six Flags Over Texas

Gravity Group, LLC (top)
Founded in 2002, this Cincinnati, Ohio company took most of the talent and expertise when Custom Coasters Incorporated disbanded. Lawrence Bill, Chad Miller, Korey Kiepert, and Michael Grahm worked on over 40 coasters before forming The Gravity Group. After consulting on a few coasters, they began building their first new coaster in 2004.
Hades - Mt. Olympus
Voyage* - Holiday World

Great Coasters International (top)
GCI was formed by Clair Hain and Michael Boodley in 1994. Their twisted designs are possible due to modern articulated trains.
Gwazi - Busch Gardens Africa
Evel Knievel* - Six Flags St. Louis
Lightning Racer - Hersheypark
Ozark Wildcat - Celebration City
Renegade - Valleyfair!
Roar - Six Flags America
Roar - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Thunderhead - Dollywood
Wildcat - Hersheypark

Herschell, Alan (top)
Herschell made mostly children's coasters.

ACME Gravity-Powered Roller Ride - Six Flags St. Louis
Cucaracha* (R) - Six Flags Over Texas
Great Chase - Elitch Gardens
Kiddie Coaster* (R) - Six Flags Great Adventure
Little Dipper* (R) - DelGrosso's Amusement Park
Lil Dipper (FN) - Little A-Merrick-A
Lil' Thunder* (R) - Six Flags Great Adventure

Little-D* (FN&R) - Race World
Little Dipper* (R) - Indiana Beach
Little Dipper - Little A-Merrick-A
Little Laser - Dorney Park
Little Rickies Little Twister* (RL) - Six Flags New England
Mad Mouse (R) - Lakemont Park
Mad Mouse - Little A-Merrick-A

Mild Thing- Valleyfair!
Monster Coaster* (R) - Playland Park
Rock Candy Express (FN) - Six Flags St. Louis
Sidewinder* (FN & R) - Six Flags Over Texas
Wild Chimpmunk - Lakeside Amusement Park
Wild Kitten (FN) - Elitch Gardens

O.D. Hopkins Associates (top)
Known mostly for their log flumes, Hopkins has also created a small number of coasters. In May of 2001, Reverchon Industries purchased Hopkins' assets. In September 2001, the US manufacturing plant closed due to lack of orders.
Desert Storm - Castles-n-Coasters
Dragon - Adventureland
Patriot - Castles-n-Coasters

International Amusement Devices Co. (top)
Aurel Vaszin's National Amusement Devices later became IAD.
Colossus - Six Flags Magic Mountain
High Roller - Valleyfair!

Intamin AG (top)
Intamin has made some amazing coasters in the last several decades. Based in Wollerau, Switzerland, they also make many other amusement park rides.

American Eagle - Six Flags Great America
Avalanche Run (FN) - Cedar Point
Batman: The Escape - Six Flags AstroWorld
Blue Streak (FN) - California's Great America
California Screamin' - Disney's California Adventures
Disaster Transport - Cedar Point
El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure
Fahrenheit* - Hersheypark
Flashback - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Green Slime Mine Car (FN) - California's Great America
Halfpipe - Elitch Gardens
Linear Gale - Korakuen Amusement Park
Junior Gemini - Cedar Point
Kingda Ka - Six Flags Great Adventure
La Vibora - Six Flags Over Texas

Maverick - Cedar Point
Millennium Force - Cedar Point
Ride of Steel - Darien Lake
Rolling Thunder* (RL) - Six Flags Great America
Runaway Reptar - California's Great America
Sarajevo Bobsled* (RL) - Six Flags Great Adventure
Sarajevo Bobsleds* (RL) - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Shockwave* (RL) - Six Flags Great Adventure
Shockwave* (RL) - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Skull Mountain - Six Flags Great Adventure
Steel Venom (R) - Geauga Lake
Steel Venom - Valleyfair!
Storm Runner* - Hersheypark
Superman: Ride of Steel - Six Flags America
Superman: Ride of Steel (FN) - Darien Lake

Superman: Ride of Steel - Six Flags New England
Superman The Escape - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Superman: Ultimate Escape (FN & R) - Geauga Lake
Thunder Dolphin* - Korakuen Amusement Park
Top Thrill Dragster - Cedar Point
Vertical Velocity - Six Flags Great America
Vertical Velocity* - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Volcano: The Blast Coaster - Kings Dominion
Voodoo* - Dorney Park
White Cyclone - Nagashima Spaland
Wicked Twister - Cedar Point
Xcelerator - Knott's Berry Farm
Z-Force* (RL) - Six Flags Great America
Z-Force (RL) - Six Flags Over Georgia

International Coaster Corporation (top)
After building a couple coasters for Paramount Parks, not much has been heard from ICC.
Hurler - Carowinds
Hurler - Kings Dominion

Interpark (top)
This company from Spilamberto Italy has built about a dozen coasters since 1990.
Looping Coaster - Funtown Pier

Keenan, Vernon (top)
Vernon Keenan designed a little over a half-dozen coasters, but Cyclone is the only one still in operation.
Cyclone - Astroland (Coney Island)

Kings Entertainment Company (top)
This is the 'in-house' group from Paramount Parks that has built a few coasters.
Thunder Road - Carowinds
Beast - Kings Island
Grizzly - California's Great America

Knoebels - Leonard Adams (top)
Using plans from the original Elitch Gardens coaster, Knoebels built a version of their own.
Twister - Knoebels

L&T Systems (top)
Standing for Leisure and Transportation, this Italian company recently started building coasters.
Runaway Train - Gillian's Wonderland Pier
Wild Lightnin' - Lake Winnepesaukah

Heinrich Mack GmbH & Co. (top)
Mack, a German company, started when Paul Mack built carriages and wagons for local farmers in 1780. The company began building amusement rides in the 1920s. Mack built the first modern Wild Mouse coaster. In 1975, Mack opened Europa Park in Germany to showcase the different rides they offer.
Avalanche - Kings Dominion
Chetah Chase* - Busch Gardens Africa
Izzy (FN) - Busch Gardens Europe
Mulholland Madness - Disney's California Adventure
Ricochet - Carowinds
Ricochet* - Kings Dominion
Sierra Sidewinder - Knott's Berry Farm
Technic Coaster - LEGOLAND California
Wild Maus (RL) - Busch Gardens Europe
Wild Mouse - Hersheypark
Wild Mouse - Nagashima Spaland

Maurer-S�hne (top)
This Munich, Germany group makes steel bridges, structural protection systems, and several different types of steel coasters.
Spinning Coaster Maihime - Korakuen Amusement Park
Road Runner Express - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Wild Mouse - Dorney Park

Meisho (top)
This company has built a small number of coasters, mostly in Asia.
Double Loop (R) - Fuji-Q Highlands
Moonsault Scramble * (R) - Fuji-Q Highlands

Miler Coaster Company (top)
Carl Miler started the company in the 1940s, and his son Fred Miler now operates the company. They mostly make small coasters.

Hey Arnold's Taxi Chase - Carowinds
Little Bill's Giggle Coaster - Kings Island
Coaster - Lakeside Amusement Park
Canyon Blaster - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Dive to Atlantis* - Mt. Olympus
Freeway Coaster - Adventure City
Funtown Family Coaster - Funtown Pier
Great Chase - Six Flags New England
Jack Rabbit - Celebration City

Kiddie Coaster - Como Park
Little Coaster - Arnolds Park
Little Dipper Coaster - Scandia Amusement Park
Little Screamer (FN) - Scandia Amusement Park
Little Titans - Mt. Olympus
Marvel Mania - Alabama Adventure
Mighty Mouse - Funtown Pier
Mighty Mouse - Playland's Castaway Cove
Rolling Thunder (FN) - Six Flags New England
Runaway Ore Cart Silver Dollar City

Scandia Screamer - Scandia Amusement Park
Scooby Zoom (FN) - Kings Island
Sea Serpent - Deno's Wonder Wheel (Coney Island)
Sea Serpent - Playland's Castaway Cove
Sea Serpent - Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Taxi Jam (FN) - Carowinds
Taxi Jam - California's Great America
Taxi Jam - Kings Dominion
Taxi Jam (FN) - Kings Island
Tree Top Racers - Adventure City

Miller, John (top)
Miller (1872-1941) worked on over 100 coasters including several for PTC. He designed many safety features which are still used today.
Big Dipper (SBNO) - Geauga Lake
Clipper (FN & SBNO) - Geauga Lake
Giant Coaster* (FN) - Arnolds Park
Jack Rabbit - Kennywood Park
Legend - Arnolds Park
Pippin - Kennywood Park
Wild One - Six Flags America

Molina & Sons (top)
Manuel "Molina" Diaz started by building replacement parts for Shiff coasters, then later built a few complete rides. The "Moli-Coaster" company was based in Miami, Florida.
Cannonball* (R) - Six Flags America
Coasters* (R) - Silverwood Theme Park
Lil' Phantom - Kennywood Park
Kiddie Coaster - Lake Compounce
Kiddie Coaster - Williams Grove

D. H. Morgan Manufacturing (top)
Dana Morgan's LaSelva Beach, CA company started building coasters in 1996. Chance Industries purchased it in June 2001 and created Chance-Morgan Coasters, Inc. Any new coasters will be manufactured at Chance's Wichita, Kansas facility.
Mamba - Worlds of Fun
Phantom's Revenge - Kennywood
Steel Dragon 2000 (SBNO) - Nagashima Spaland
Steel Eel - SeaWorld San Antonio
Steel Force - Dorney Park
Wild Thing - Valleyfair!

Moris, E. Joy (top)
Leap the Dips - Lakemont Park

National Amusement Devices (top)
NAD (later became International Amusement Devices) made mostly children's coasters in the 1940s.
Big Dipper - Camden Park
Little Dipper - Camden Park

Overland Amusement Company (top)
High Speed Thrill Ride - Knoebels

Phare, Carl. (top)
Of the two or three coasters Carl Phare designed, Playland's is the only one still in existence.
Coaster - PNE Playland

Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. (Formerly Philadelphia Toboggan Company) (top)
PTC is the oldest existing manufacturer of wood coasters and their trains. Formed in 1904, it is based in Hatfield, PA. Almost 150 coasters were built by PTC, many designed by the legendary John Allen. Currently, over 85 percent of wood coasters use PTC cars. In 1991, their name was changed to Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.

Beastie (FN) - Kings Island
Blue Streak - Cedar Point
Cannon Ball - Lake Winnepesaukah
Coaster (FN) - Dorney Park
Comet - Hersheypark
Fairly Odd Coaster - Carowinds
Fairly Odd Coaster - Kings Island
Flyer* (R) - Dinosaur Beach
Great American Scream Machine - Six Flags Over Georgia
Golden Nugget Mine - Dinosaur Beach

Jack Rabbit (SBNO) - Clementon Amusement Park
Little Dipper - Kiddieland
Jet Flyer (FN) - Wyandot Lake
Meteor* - Little A-Merrick-A
Phoenix - Knoebels
Racer - Kennywood Park
Racer - Kings Island
Rollo Coaster - Idlewild Park
Rebel Yell - Kings Dominion
Scooby Doo (FN) - Kings Island

Scooby Doo's Ghoster Coaster (FN) - Carowinds
Scooby Doo's Ghoster Coaster Kings Dominion
Screamin' Eagle - Six Flags St. Louis
Skyliner - Lakemont Park
Sea Dragon - Wyandot Lake
Thunderhawk - Dorney Park
Twister* (R) - Lakemont Park
Whirlwind* (R) - Dinosaur Beach
Wildcat - Lake Compounce

Pierce & Associates, John F. (top)
Twister II - Elitch Gardens

Fratelli Pinfari S.r.l. (top)
Located in Montova, Italy, Pinfari produces several models of steel coasters, many of which are portable.

Big Apple - Astroland (Coney Island)
Cyclone* (R) - Geauga Lake
Python - Playland's Castaway Cove
RC-48 - Morey's Piers

Rollies Coaster - Morey's Piers
Wacky Worm - Lake Winnepesaukah
Wacky Worm - Worlds of Fun

Zyklon (R) - Branson USA
Zyklon (R) - Delgrosso's Park
Zyklon* (R) - Playland Park

Premier Rides (top)
Premier Rides, of Millersville, Maryland has created several coasters with Linear Induction Motors (LIM) as well as the first Liquid Coaster.

Back Lot Stunt Coaster * - Kings Dominion
Back Lot Stunt Coaster - Kings Island
Batman and Robin: The Chiller - Six Flags Great Adventure
BuzzSaw Falls (R) - Silver Dollar City
Flight of Fear - Kings Dominion

Flight of Fear - Kings Island
Joker's Jinx - Six Flags America
Italian Job: Stunt Track (FN) * - Kings Dominion
Italian Job: Stunt Track (FN) - Kings Island
Mister Freeze - Six Flags Over Texas

Mister Freeze - Six Flags St. Louis
Outer Limits: Flight of Fear (FN) - Kings Dominion
Outer Limits: Flight of Fear (FN) - Kings Island
Poltergeist - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Speed - The Ride - NASCAR Cafe

Princeton Machines (top)
This Princeton, Ontario company built one coaster -- this copy of German Wild Mouse coasters.
Wild Mouse - PNE Playland

Reverchon (top)
This company from Cedex, France has been building rides for many years, but only five years ago started building spinning "Wild Mouse" rides. They purchased the assets of O.D. Hopkins in May of 2001.
Crazy Mouse* - DelGrossos Amusement Park
Crazy Mouse* (RL) - Dinosaur Beach
Crazy Mouse - Steel Pier
Exterminator - Kennywood Park
Primeval Whirl - Disney's Animal Kingdom
Ragin' Cajun* - Six Flags Great America

Rogers, Joel A. (top)
Joel A. Rogers (1972-present) is known primarily for his roller coaster photography, but he has also done coaster design and construction.
Double Loop

Roller Coaster Corporation of America (top)
RCCA has worked with several famous coaster designers such as Werner Stengel and John Allen.
Rattler - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Son of Beast - Kings Island

Rosser & Cobb (top)
Don Rosser and Bill Cobb teamed up to produce a few wooden coasters.
Rolling Thunder - Six Flags Great Adventure
Judge Roy Scream - Six Flags Over Texas

Hoei Sango Co., Ltd. (top)
Only made a couple coasters in Japan.
Birdmen (FN) - Fuji-Q Highlands
Hamu-Hamu Ouku - Fuji-Q Highlands

Sansei Yusoki Co., Ltd. (top)
This company has made a few coasters in Japan.
Giant Coaster* (R) - Fuji-Q Highlands
Mad Mouse - Fuji-Q Highlands
Rock 'N Roll Duncan - Fuji-Q Highlands

Schiff, Ben (top)
Miami-based B. A. Schiff & Associates built over 50 Wild Mice before going out of business a few decades ago. His kiddie coasters were nearly identical to Miler and Molina coasters.
Kiddie Coaster (SBNO) - Williams Grove
Little Leaper - Steel Pier
Rainbow Chaser - Fun Forest
Wild Mouse* (R) - Geauga Lake

Schwarzkopf (top)
Anton Schwarzkopf is a pioneer in steel looping coasters. He worked with Werner Stengel, Intamin, and Zierer. A large number of his coasters are located throughout the world. Anton passed away in 2001, but his son Wieland continues to operate out of Ziemetshausen, Germany.

Big Fury* (R) - Six Flags Great Adventure
Big Bend* (R) - Six Flags Over Texas
City Jet* (R) - Gillian's Wonderland Pier
Colossus (FN) - Dorney Park
Die Wildkatze* (RL) - Busch Gardens Europe
Glissade* (RL) - Busch Gardens Europe
Greased Lightnin' (R) - California's Great America
Greezed Lightnin' - Six Flags AstroWorld
Greezed Lightnin' - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Jet Scream* (RL) - Six Flags St. Louis
Jet Star* (RL) - Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Jet Star* (RL) - Knoebels
Laser - Dorney Park
Laser Loop* (RL) - Kennywood
Looping Star - Nagashima Spaland
Mind Bender - Six Flags Over Georgia

Montezooma's Revenge - Knott's Berry Farm
Mountain Express* (RL) - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Nightmare at Phantom Cave* (RL) - Darien Lake
Rails* (RL)- Valleyfair!
Revolution - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Schussboomer* (R) - Worlds of Fun
Scorpion - Busch Gardens Africa
Shockwave - Six Flags Over Texas
Shuttle Loop - Nagashima Spaland
Sooperdooperlooper - Hersheypark
Starchaser* (RL) - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Taz's Texas Tornado (FN & R) - Six Flags AstroWorld
Texas Tornado (R) - Six Flags AstroWorld
Tidal Wave (FN) - California's Great America

Tidal Wave* (RL) - Six Flags Great America
Tig'rr - Indiana Beach
Viper - Six Flags AstroWorld
Viper* (R) - Six Flags Over Georgia
Willard's Whizzer* (FN & R) - California's Great America
Willard's Whizzer (FN) - Six Flags Great America
Whizzer* (R) - California's Great America
Whizzer - Six Flags Great America
Wildcat - Cedar Point
Wildcat* (RL) - Playland Park
Wildcat* (RL) - Six Flags New England
Wildcat * (RL) - Steel Pier
Wildcat (RL) - Williams Grove
Zambezi Zinger* (RL) - Worlds of Fun
Zonga* - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

SDC Corp. (top)
The former SDC, an Italian company, created a Galaxi line of coasters. Currently the company operates as S&MC.
Hurricane - Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Galaxi - Indiana Beach
Galaxi - Riverview Park
Super Screamer* (R) - Adventureland
Windstorm - Fun Forest

Setpoint (top)
Setpoint made three small, suspended coasters.
Flying Super Saturator - Carowinds
Pteranodon Flyers - Islands of Adventure
Roller Soaker - Hesheypark

Sevier, Delmas - Six Flags (top)
Viper - Six Flags Great America

S&MC GmbH Structures and Machines (top)
This German company makes the "Windstorm" coasters. It was formed by former SDC employees after that company went out of business in 1993.
Firestorm (R) - Branson USA
High Roller (R) - Stratosphere Tower
Hurricane - Playland Park
Thunderbolt - Celebration City

S & S Power, Inc. (formerly S & S Sports) (top)
Known for its "Turbo Drop" and "Space Shot" towers, S&S has recently used its pneumatic launch technology to produce two roller coasters. Based in Logan, UT, they continue to push the thrill ride envelope. In the summer of 2002, they announced the creation of a wooden coaster division. They have only made four wood coasters to date. In October 2002, they purchased the assets of bankrupt Arrow Dynamics.
Avalanche - Timber Falls Adventure Park
Dodonpa - Fuji-Q Highland
Eejanaika* - Fuji-Q Highland
Hypersonic XLC (R) - Kings Dominion
J2 (FN) - Clementon Amusement Park
Puma - Clementon Amusement Park
Tsunami (FN) - Clementon Amusement Park
Timberhawk: Ride of Prey - Wild Waves
Powder Keg - Silver Dollar City

Stricker, Ralph (top)
He not only owns his own picnic park, he helped design the coasters!
Teddy Bear - Stricker's Grove
Tornado - Stricker's Grove

Taft & Kings Entertainment (top)
Taft Attractions Group worked with Kings Entertainment on this one ride.
Grizzly - Kings Dominion

TOGO (top)
This Tokyo, Japan company has made a number of coasters since 1953.

Geopanic - Korakuen Amusement Park
Fujiyama - Fuji-Q Highlands
Jet Coaster* (R) - Korakuen Amusement Park
Jet Coaster - Nagashima Spaland
Jammer (R) - Knott's Berry Farm

King Cobra (R) - Kings Island
Manhattan Express - New York New York Hotel and Casino
Shockwave - Kings Dominion
Ultra Twister* (R) - Korakuen Amusement Park
Ultra Twister - Nagashima Spaland
Ultra Twister - Six Flags AstroWorld

Ultra Twister* (RL) - Six Flags Great Adventure
Shockwave - Six Flags Great Adventure
Viper - Six Flags Great Adventure
Windjammer (FN & R) - Knott's Berry Farm
Zola 7 - Fuji-Q Highlands

Vekoma (top)
This company from Vlodrop, The Netherlands has made many coasters and production model "clones" in the 20 years it has been in business. In August 2001, they filed for bankruptcy protection due to overspending in research and development as well as difficulties opening three new Boomerang prototypes. Purchased in September 2001 by Huisman-Itrec.

Barnstormer - Walt Disney World
Batwing - Six Flags America
BORG Assimilator (FN)* - Carowinds
Boomerang - Knott's Berry Farm
Boomerang* (R) - Korakuen Amusement Park
Boomerang - Elitch Gardens
Boomerang - Worlds of Fun
Boomerang Coast to Coaster - Darien Lake
Boomerang Coast to Coaster - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Boomerang Coast to Coaster - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Corkscrew - PNE Playland
Deja Vu (RL) - Six Flags Great America
Deja Vu - Six Flags Magic Mountain
Deja Vu (R) - Six Flags Over Georgia
Der Rollschuhcoaster - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Dragon - LEGOLAND California
Expedition Everest - Disney's Animal Kingdom
Face/Off (FN) - Kings Island
Firehawk* - Kings Island
Flashback - Six Flags New England
Flashback - Six Flags Over Texas
Gadget's Go Coaster - Disneyland Gadget's Go Coaster - Tokyo Disneyland
Great Nor'Easter - Morey's Piers
Head Spin (SBNO) - Geauga Lake
Invertigo - California's Great America
Invertigo - Kings Island
Joker's Revenge (RL)- Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Kamikaze* (RL) - Dinosaur Beach
Kong - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Mayan Mindbender - Six Flags AstroWorld
Mind Eraser - Six Flags America
Mind Eraser - Darien Lake
Mind Eraser - Elitch Gardens
Mind Eraser - Six Flags New England
Mind Eraser (FN & RL) - Geauga Lake
Nighthawk* - Carowinds
Ninja - Six Flags Over Georgia
Ninja - Six Flags St. Louis
Pied Piper - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Rock 'N' Roller Coaster - Disney's Hollywood Studios
Roller Skater - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Rugrats Runaway Reptar* - Carowinds Rugrats Runaway Reptar - Kings Island
Sea Serpent - Morey's Piers
Serial Thriller - Six Flags AstroWorld
Serial Thriller (FN & SBNO) - Geauga Lake
Sidewinder - Hersheypark
Spacely's Sprocket Rockets - Six Flags Great America
Stealth (RL) - California's Great America
T2 - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Thunderhawk (RL) - Geauga Lake
Thunderhawk* - Michigan's Adventure
Two Face: The Flip Side - Six Flags America
Vampire (RL) - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Whirlwind - Knoebels
Whirlwind* (RL) - Playland Park
Wild Mouse - Idlewild Park
Woodstock's Express - Cedar Point
Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster - Universal Studios Florida
X-Flight (RL) - Geauga Lake
Zoomerang - Alabama Adventure
Zoomerang - Lake Compounce

Vettel, Andrew (top)
Son of coaster designer Erwin Vettel, Andrew modified John Miller's Pippin into the Thunderbolt.
Little DIpper* (R) - Kennywood Park
Thunderbolt - Kennywood Park

Vettel, Edward (top)
Erwin's brother Eddie designed a number of wood coaters.
Cyclone - Lakeside Amusement Park

WED (top)
The engineering division named after Walter Elias Disney makes many rides for Disney parks.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - Disneyland
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - Tokyo Disneyland
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - Walt Disney World
Space Mountain - Tokyo Disneyland
Space Mountain - Walt Disney World

Wisdom Industries, Ltd. (top)
This Sterling, Colorado company builds a wide variety of rides. They have also made about 50 small, portable coasters.
Coaster (RL) - Rockin' Raceway
Dragon Wagon (R) - Branson USA
Dragon Wagon - Old Town
Dragon Wagon - Riverview Park
Kiddie Coaster - Gillian's Wonderland Pier
Orient Express - Como Town
Orient Express* (RL) - Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Screamin' Dragon - Como Town

Zamperla Amusement Ride Manufacturers (top)
With a factory in Vicenza, Italy, Antonio Zamperla's company mostly makes transportable coasters.

Crazy Mouse - Playland Park
Flying Coaster - Elitch Gardens
Doo Wopper - Morey's Piers
Family Flyer - Playland Park

Great Chase - Six Flags America
Howler - Holiday World
Klondike Gold Rusher - Wild Waves
Opa* - Mt. Olympus
Pony Express - Knott's Berry Farm

Super Flight - Playland Park
Wild Wonder* (RL) - Gillian's Wonderland Pier
Windstorm - Old Town
Woodstock's Express - Dorney Park

Zierer GmbH (top)
Well known for its Wave Swinger rides, this Offenberg, Germany company mostly makes "family" coasters.

Beaver Land Mine Ride (SBNO) - Geauga Lake
Blackbeard's Lost Treasure Train - Six Flags Great Adventure
Brain Teaser - Darien Lake
Catwoman's Whip - Six Flags New England
Children Coaster - Nagashima Spaland

Cobra - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Flitzer* (R) - Adventureland
Flitzer - Morey's Piers
Flitzer - Playland's Castaway Cove
Jaguar! - Knott's Berry Farm
Kombo - Indianapolis Zoo

Ladybug (FN) - Darien Lake
Live Oak Lady Bug - New Orleans City Park
Poison Ivy's Twisted Train (FN) - Six Flags New England
Ripsaw - Camp Snoopy
Road Runner Express (FN &SBNO) - Geauga Lake
Shamu Express* - SeaWorld San Antonio

SBNO = Standing But Not Operating FN = Former Name
RL = Relocated to another park R = Removed
* = Infomation only, no pictures