Tracks

Length2832 ft
Height70 ft
Drop60 ft
Speed37 mph
Inversions0
Duration1:30

Trains

ArrangementSingle train with 4 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 24 riders.
Restraints
Built byPhiladelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.

Details

Former namesPippin ( to )
Former statusSBNO from to
Operated from to
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Notes

The Zippin Pippin in Memphis was reprofiled between 1928 and 1930. A 1927 Sanborn map shows the standard layout, and an aerial from a 1930 newspaper article shows the new profile.
Previously listed here as being built by the National Amusement Device Company.  This is believed to have been an error.

Owner / Operator

Built by the Lynn Welcher construction Company and operated by them as well until 1935.
The Zippin Pippin sold for $2,500 at auction to Robert Reynolds and Stephen Shutts, partners in a traveling museum called the Honky Tonk Hall of Fame & Rock-N-Roll Roadshow.

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