B&M
Bolliger & Mabillard, founded in 1988 and the industry’s byword for reliability: box-section track, conservative engineering, and coasters that run for decades with famously little drama. Enthusiasts debate whether B&M is brilliant or boring; park operators, who have to pay the maintenance bills, do not debate it at all.
Coverage
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Efteling's New SafeStrap Lets Riders Keep a Leg Prosthesis On for the Coaster
Efteling has launched SafeStrap, a TU Delft-developed strap that lets people with leg prostheses keep them secured through Baron 1898, Hooghmoed and its swing rides.
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Energylandia Is Building a B&M Wing Coaster It Hasn't Announced
Construction photos show a Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster taking shape at Poland's Energylandia, spotted by enthusiast trackers weeks before the park has said a word about it.
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How Roller Coaster Loops Are Engineered — Why They're Not Circles
How roller coaster loops actually work: the teardrop clothoid curve, heartlining and the g-forces engineered to keep an inversion thrilling rather than dangerous.
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How Roller Coaster Wheels Keep Trains Locked to the Track
Roller coaster wheels explained: how road, guide and upstop wheels work together in one truck — the three-wheel grip that stops a train leaving the rail, even upside down.
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Tivoli Gardens Built Hikari, Its Largest Ever Themed Area, Around a 22-Year-Old B&M Coaster
Tivoli's 2,000 m² Hikari district opens in August 2026 built around a rethemed Dæmonen. The engineering, the economics, and why the 2004 B&M stayed put.
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How Roller Coaster Brakes Actually Work (and Why Trims Exist)
Roller coaster brakes explained: pinch brakes, magnetic eddy-current brakes, block brakes and the much-grumbled-about trim — and why trains carry no brakes at all.
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Who Builds the World's Roller Coasters? A Guide to the Manufacturers
The roller coaster manufacturers explained: B&M, Intamin, Mack, Vekoma, RMC, GCI, Gerstlauer and Zamperla — who builds what, and how to tell them apart.
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How Roller Coaster Restraints Actually Work (and Why Headbanging Still Happens)
How roller coaster restraints actually work: lap bars, over-the-shoulder harnesses and vest restraints explained, plus why some rides still bang your head.
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How Roller Coaster Block Systems Work — and Why Trains Never Collide
The roller coaster block system explained: how one-train-per-block logic, fail-safe brakes and track sensors keep coaster trains apart on every ride.
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Why Roller Coasters Make the Clickety-Clack Sound
Why do roller coasters click on the lift hill? Each clack is an anti-rollback ratchet — a 1910 safety invention still guarding every climb. Here's how it works.
