Switchback may refer to: Transportation A hairpin turn on a road A horseshoe curve A zigzagging pedestrian or cycling ramp A roller coaster, or a roller coaster-like road A zig zag (railway) The Switchback, a former railway line in Glasgow, Scotland A motorcycle having detachable windscreens and luggage bags, e.g. Harley-Davidson's Dyna 2012 model Entertainment Switchback Railway, the first roller coaster designed as an amusement ride in the United States Switchback (rollercoaster), a wooden roller coaster located at ZDT's Amusement Park Switchback (band), a duo which plays Americana music Switchback (TV series), a Canadian television show for children and teens broadcast on the CBC in the 1980s Switchback (comics), a Marvel Comics character connected to the X-Men Switchback (film), a 1997 film starring Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover "Switchback" (Celldweller song), a song from Celldweller's album Celldweller "Switchback" (Music for Pleasure song), a song from Music for Pleasure's album Into the Rain Other uses Switchback, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States In asymptotic analysis (mathematics), a term of intermediate order multiplying a homogenous solution (forced by matching to an outer solution) Magnetic switchback, a sudden reversal in the magnetic field of the solar wind observed on the Sun