Backety-Back Scenic Railway, Wooden roller coaster in Crystal Beach, Ontario

The Backety-Back Scenic Railway was a wooden shuttle roller coaster at Crystal Beach Park with a twister layout and a curved tunnel on its course. It had two lift hills, and a switchman operated the reversal at the end of the forward run before the train engaged a second reversal. Its large station was shaped like a riverboat and held the ticket office and queue.

The ride was built in 1909 by John H. Brown and operated an innovative track mechanism where trains reversed direction. It ran at Crystal Beach Park until closing in 1926.

The station was shaped like a riverboat and held the ticket office, where rides cost 10 cents, plus the queue. Its riverboat form tied the coaster to the excursion-steamer style common at Crystal Beach on Lake Erie.

Trains ran forwards and backwards over a twister course with two lift hills and a curved tunnel, and a switchman had to operate the reversal at the end of the forward run. Cars held two riders per row across five rows, and tickets cost 10 cents at the station office.

John H. Brown of Pennsylvania patented the track-reversal design in 1904, five years before the ride opened, and the Backety-Back was the only roller coaster he ever built. The 1909 construction cost $50,000. Riders paid 10 cents for a ticket bought at an office inside the riverboat-shaped station.