Western Railroad Discussion > RBBB Red--Aug. 31--San Jose to San Francisco CA

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS
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151.625 is the Circus Train Operations radio frequency.

Circus Train Yahoo Group:
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AUGUST 31 RED UNIT Train-Run from San Jose to San Francisco CA (---it is unknown how much of the 60-car Red Unit will make this move). 

2015 Red Unit Circus Train:
---60 Cars (39 conventional passenger-type cars; 21 TTX-[type] piggyback flats)
---4,370 Tons (when fully loaded)
---5,320 Feet (WITHOUT host RR's power attached; 1 mile = 5,280 feet)  

RED UNIT -- 145th Edition -- "CIRCUS XTREME" -- on the FIRST half of its 2-year tour.
SEE: http://www.ringling.com/SectionLandingPage.aspx?id=46818
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Current RBBB rail-tour Edition Numbers for the two railroad shows, Red (and Blue), are measured from the show's first year, 1871. Train-run ["jump"] dates presume each train departs the morning [or day] after the closing performance date. RBBB Circus Trains can change scheduled routing and departure time without notice.

2015 RED UNIT – 145th EDITION of THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH – “CIRCUS XTREME” - YEAR ONE: Towns below show where this tour is so far set with time-gaps showing where other venues are yet to be added:
 
ALREADY PLAYED:
Tampa, FL: Jan. 1 – 4
Orlando, FL: Jan. 8 – 11
Jacksonville, FL: Jan. 15 – 18
Birmingham, AL: Jan. 2 – 25
Greenville, SC: Jan. 28 – Feb. 1
Greensboro, NC: Feb. 4 – 8 
Philadelphia, PA: Feb. 11 – 16
Brooklyn, NY: Feb. 19 – Mar. 1
Uniondale NY [Nassau, Long Island]: Mar. 4 – 8
Newark, NJ: Mar. 12 – 15
E. Rutherford, NJ: Mar. 18 – 22
Huntsville, AL: Mar. 26 - 29
Columbia, SC: Apr. 2 - 5
Norfolk, VA: Apr. 9 - 12
Hampton, VA: Apr. 15 - 19
Columbus, OH: Apr. 23 – 26 
Providence, RI: Apr. 30 – May 3
Hartford, CT: May 6 - 10
Trenton, NJ: May 13 – 17
Hershey, PA: May 20 – 25
Omaha, NE: May 29 - 31
Colorado Springs, CO: June 4 - 7
Las Vegas, NV: June 11 - 14
Tucson, AZ: June 18 - 21
Phoenix, AZ: June 24 - 29
Fresno, CA: July 2 - 6
Los Angeles, CA: July 9 - 14
Ontario, CA: July 17 - 21
Anaheim, CA: July 24 - Aug. 2
San Diego, CA: Aug. 6 - 9
Oakland, CA: Aug. 13 - 17

PLAYING NOW:
San Jose, CA: Aug. 20 - 30 

PLAYING NEXT:
San Francisco, CA: Sept. 3 - 7
Bakersfield, CA: Sept. 10 - 13
Sacramento, CA: Sept. 17 - 20
Salt Lake City, UT: Sept. 24 - 28
Denver, CO: Oct. 1 - 12
St. Louis, MO: Oct. 16 - 18
Cleveland, OH: Oct. 21 - 25
Toledo, OH: Oct. 29 - Nov. 1
Rosemont, IL: Nov. 5 - 15
Chicago, IL: Nov. 18 - 29
Indianapolis, IN: Dec. 3 - 6

Already, towns for the Red Unit's SECOND year with the (Red Unit's) 145th Edition are being confirmed: 
Charlotte, NC:  Jan. 27 - 31, 2016
Raleigh, NC: Feb. 3 - 7, 2016
Atlanta, GA: Feb. 10 - 15, 2016
Duluth, GA:  Feb. 18 - 28, 2016
Richmond, VA: Mar. 10 - 13, 2016
Baltimore, MD: Mar. 16 - 27, 2016
Washington, DC: Mar. 31 - Apr. 3, 2016
Fairfax, VA: Apr. 6 - 17, 2016

Anybody on the ground notice if they're loading yet, and whether to trucks like last time or train as hoped?

Steve Donaldson
Pacific Grove, CA