Brief announcement before I begin. The time the series will be posted each week has been changed from 4 PM to 7 PM. Now then, welcome to the first official edition of Loop & Corkscrew. To start off the series, I figured I'd focus on Arrow's most profound aspect. And so, this blog will be entirely centered around that aspect, and I hope you enjoy reading it.

Arrow Dynamics as a whole had many qualities about them which varied greatly in how known they were. Arguably, their most well know quality is their track style, which is ironically one of their simpler features... after all, its appearance is rather basic in the fact that it consists of rails, rail ties and a spine. But it is that basic appearance that graces most of Arrow's coasters, and is featured in countless photos and media which are centered around the view of the common roller coaster. It is also that same basic appearance that helps the track carry the coaster's train, which hurls down it every so often crowded with excited riders. It wasn't always the same, and it didn't stay the same, but it really is interesting either way.

As mentioned, Arrow's track is simple, but often times in coasters simplicity is key. It features two rails on either side of a rail tie, which attaches the rails to a spine. As the track banks, the rails, rail ties and spine move to the side accordingly. Due to the rail tie's square edges, it gives the track a rectangular look which looks very interesting when twisted through inversions and turns and helps to give an Arrow coaster the unique look it has. This particular rectangular track style is the most common of Arrow's, but it wasn't their only style. Their suspended coaster track featured a similar set up but had a more triangular appearance, as shown to the left. And when Arrow entered their later years, about the time Ron Toomer was on his way out, the rail ties on their normal style began to feature more curved corners. This track style was used on their final three hypercoasters as well as most of their coasters after 1997. Now, as you can see, the mention of their track style can lead to the mention of other aspects of Arrow, as it did just now. And so it does, and therefore has made a decent topic for the first edition since it leads to so many other of Arrow's qualities. Those qualities will be featured throughout the blogs after this of course, and I hope you've enjoyed this blog. That's all the time we have, so stay tuned for next week's addition which will feature what holds the track up, supports.