The owner tried adding a second track alongside the first to double capacity, but the Loop the Loop remained only precariously solvent. Inspectors would only let one car on the tracks at a time fearing a collision if something went wrong. The loop was small because it relied purely on momentum to keep the cars on the track, so the cars had to be small, too. The Loop the Loop made more money charging spectators to watch frightened riders than from selling the rides themselves, as shown in the picture. At least the riders received a very nice souvenir ticket by which to to remember the ride. The passenger cars on the Loop the Loop had actual tires and the only thing holding the cars on the track was a small side railing. These were the days before the under-track safety mechanisms had been invented to prevent the passenger cars from flying off the tracks. People were still freaked out by the Loop the Loop because it was still pretty primitive. It is the predecessor to all modern looping coasters, all of which use elliptical designs. The Loop the Loop used an innovative elliptical loop, which alleviated g-forces. The Loop the Loop was the second looping coaster ever built, but has the distinction of being the first modern looping roller coaster. In 1901, the owner of the former Streets of Cairo show came across an improved design for a looping roller coaster and decided to convert his property at the corner of Surf Avenue and West 10th Street to give it a go. Needless to say, the Flip Flap Railway quickly became the pariah of the roller coaster scene at Coney Island.
Even though a circular loop seemed logical, it subjected riders to g-forces that were akin to something like getting in a car and purposely driving it into a wall. Riding the Flip Flap Railway was a bit of a death wish because it used a perfectly circular loop. The first looping roller coaster was Lina Beecher's infamous Flip Flap Railway, installed at Sea Lion Park. Heels up, heads down! Are you daring - or, perhaps, crazy - enough to ride the Loop the Loop?
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