OUT AND BACK COASTERS

An Out and Back coaster probably has one of the simplest wooden coaster layouts. Basically put, the coaster leaves the station in one direction, turns around, and returns along the same line it went out on. It goes out and comes back. Simple as…
However, if that was all there was to Out and Back coasters, they would be quite dull. So the thrill of riding an Out and Back coaster comes from the placement of hills along the layout, which controls pacing and delivers loads of airtime.
To boost the excitement further, many Out and Back coasters are built as racing or dueling coasters. Some parks even turned it up another notch by having one of the trains run backward. While that practice was the norm from the late 1970s through the 1990s, it’s now only done on rare occasions, like Halloween Fright Nights.