Montaña Suiza

Montaña Suiza
The leading car of a train of Montaña Suiza
Location	Parque de atracciones Monte Igueldo
Status	Operating
Opened	1928
Designer	Erich Heidrich
Track layout	stone scenic railway
Lift/launch system	cable-lift
Height	32 ft (9.8 m)
Length	1,312.3 ft (400.0 m)
Max speed	31 mph (50 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	1:30
Montaña Suiza at RCDB
Pictures of Montaña Suiza at RCDB
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Montaña Suiza ("Swiss Mountain") is a steel side-friction scenic railway roller coaster located at Parque de atracciones Monte Igueldo on the coast at Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. It was designed and built by German engineer Erich Heidrich and opened at the site in 1928^[1].

The ride was built with wooden running rails which were in a trough, like usual scenic railways; only the trough is partially set into the landscape and is concrete in construction. The ride lacks the tradition supporting trestles of scenic railways; the track running in depressions made into the ground and along the top of a coastal wall at one point. The running rails have since been changed to steel^[2].

The roller coaster operates with two trains, each of which are composed of two 2x5 person cars. The cars are wooden in construction and ride on steel bogies; like scenic railways at Margate, UK, Great Yarmouth, UK and Luna Park, Melbourne. A brakeman still rides onboard each train to control its speed.

References

1. ^ http://www.rcdb.com/1449.htm
2. ^ http://www.rollercoastermayhem.com/sidefrictionarticle.html

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Montania suiza de Igeldo