page_title: Steel roller coaster
section_title: Notable steel roller coasters
hierarchical_section_title: Steel roller coaster / Notable steel roller coasters
caption_attribution_description: English: Roller coaster "Blue Fire" at Europa Park
context_page_description: A steel roller coaster is a roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of steel. Steel coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world. Incorporating tubular steel track and polyurethane-coated wheels, the steel roller coasters can provide a taller, smoother, and faster ride with more inversions than a traditional wooden roller coaster.
  Arrow Dynamics first introduced the steel roller coaster to feature tubular track to the thrill industry with their creations of the Matterhorn Bobsleds in 1959 and the Runaway Mine Train in 1966.
  As of 2006, the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America is Little Dipper at Memphis Kiddie Park in Brooklyn, Ohio and has been operating since April 1952. The oldest operating steel rollercoaster in the world is Montaña Suiza at Parque de Atracciones Monte Igueldo. It has been operating since 1928.
context_section_description: Alpengeist at Busch Gardens Williamsburg – world's tallest full-circuit inverted coaster
  Banshee at King's Island – world's longest inverted coaster
  Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America - first inverted roller coaster
  GateKeeper at Cedar Point – world's tallest and fastest wing coaster, featured the highest inversion in the world when it opened
  Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure – world's tallest roller coaster at 456 feet (139 m) and second fastest at 128 mph (206 km/h)
  Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland – first tubular steel roller coaster
  Millennium Force at Cedar Point – first full-circuit roller coaster to exceed 300 feet (91 m) in height
  Mindbender at West Edmonton Mall's Galaxyland - world's largest indoor steel roller coaster
  Ninja at Six Flags Magic Mountain – world's fastest suspended roller coaster
  Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain – world's tallest, fastest, and longest stand-up roller coaster
  Runaway Mine Train at Six Flags Over Texas – first mine train roller coaster, built in 1969.
  Superman: Escape from Krypton at Six Flags Magic Mountain - first roller coaster to exceed 400 feet (120 m) in height
   The Smiler at Alton Towers - holds the world record for most inversions at 14
  Takabisha at Fuji-Q Highland theme park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan - world's steepest roller coaster with a beyond-vertical drop of 121°> opened in 2011
  Tatsu at Six Flags Magic Mountain – world's tallest, fastest, and longest flying roller coaster
  Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point - world's first full-circuit roller coaster to exceed 400 feet (120 m) in height
  Tower of Terror II at Dreamworld – first roller coaster to reach 100 mph (160 km/h) in speed and 300 feet (91 m) in height
  Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas – world's first steel monorail roller coaster.
  X² at Six Flags Magic Mountain – world's first 4th Dimension roller coaster
  Xcelerator at Knott's Berry Farm - world's first roller coaster to feature a hydraulic launch
caption: Blue Fire, an inverting launched roller coaster, at Europa-Park, Germany.
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