Roller Coaster Parts?

My boyfriend is an extreme roller coaster enthusiast who is majoring in civil engineering in order to work in the theme park industry. I figured what better gift for his birthday than a roller coaster part, such as a wheel, chainlink, piece of wood, ect. The only problem is I honestly have no idea how to go about this or where to get anything like this. Any suggestions would be great and very much appreciated! Thank you!

Quite a few parks in the UK now sell bits like the above, or they often do auctions etc.

If you have a local park, I'd maybe approach them directly so you could collect it - they're not small things to post.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

I have a whole bucket of authentic coaster nuts and bolts that I would let go for a steal... ;)

"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza

I have a sizable amount of Ghostrider that I won in raffles back when Knotts had their Winter Solace

There should be a giant pile of wood near the back of Cedar Point towards the end of the year. Bwahahaha.

But seriously, they could very well auction off parts of the Mean Streak after it closes.

When I was at Six Flags America the other day they were working on one of the cars for Superman, refitting it with new seat belts and such. I talked to the guy for a few minutes and asked if he could give me a couple of the parts as my daughter had just ridden the Superman for the first time. I'd actually pay a small amount for old parts like that, but he told me they couldn't give them away as every part needed to be accounted for. Makes sense so they can keep track and make sure that everything was replaced properly, just too bad she couldn't have gotten something rather interesting as a souvenir.

Who seriously asks a maintenance person for parts?

Really, did you expect any other answer but no?

I did. I didn't just ask him to throw me one over the fence, he came up to us while we were standing there and stated talking to us. My daughter was interested in what he was doing and he talked to us for a bit. I didn't expect any answer actually, and he did say he would have given us a dozen of them if he didn't have to account for everything. The OP might have a difficult time getting parts without going through the trash.

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I'm gonna have to start trying that. I, uh, am a car enthusiast and I, uh, collect, ummm, tires. You got any 255 60R 15 back there you're willing to part with?