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[BoxCar Tom]

any body recognize the test track in the background? the year?

 

[51504bat]

 

[TJ]

Would have loved to ride that roller coaster!

 

[paul2748]

I saw this pic quite a few years ago and if I remember correctly some one said it was Palisades Park in NJ. No confirmation

 

[BoxCar Tom]

Correct, It is Palisades Amusement Park in Cliffside Park NJ, two blocks from where I grew up. I worked there during the summer months. The cars and trucks are the output from the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant in Edgewater NJ. Not sure of the year. The plant used the parking lot (during the off season) as a staging area. My 1932 3W was built in the Edgewater plant. One ride on that Roller Coaster was enough.

 

[Lanny]

Palisades Amusement Park
Location Palisades Amusement Park
Coordinates 40.8281°N 73.9778°W
Status Removed
Opening date September 10, 1927
Closing date 1934
General statistics
Type Wood




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[scicala]

Must be '46 or '47 based on the jailbar trucks.

Sal

 

[PeteVS]

Freddie Boom Boom Cannon had a hot record, "Last night I took a walk in the park, a swinging place called Palisades Park." I seem to recall that the park owners reminded the NY DJ's to play it often during the summer season.

 

[paul2748]

The Palisades Amusement Park closed in 1971

 

[fortyonerag]

Would have loved to ride that roller coaster!

I thought that was the test track!

 

[TJ]

I thought that was the test track!

It was a test track to see if you had the intestinal fortitude to ride it.

 

[nelsb01]

I'm waiting for Alan to say "Anyone up for lunch?"