Eastern Railroad Discussion > RBBB Blue--Aug 31--Lexington KY to Moline IL

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS
http://www.ringling.com/
151.625 is the Circus Train Operations radio frequency.

Circus Train Yahoo Group:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CircusTrain/
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AUG. 31 BLUE UNIT Train-Run from Lexington KY to Moline IL. 

2015 Blue Unit Circus Train:
---61 Cars (40 conventional passenger-type cars; 21 TTX-[type] piggyback flats)
---4,490 Tons (when fully loaded)
---5,409 Feet (WITHOUT host RR's power attached; 1 mile = 5,280 feet)

BLUE UNIT -- 144th Edition -- "LEGENDS" -- now in the second half of its 2-year tour.
SEE: http://www.ringling.com/SectionLandingPage.aspx?id=45450
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Current RBBB rail-tour Edition Numbers for the two railroad shows, Blue and Red, 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 PLAY DATES: 144th Edition ("LEGENDS") 2nd half of 2-year tour, from the official RBBB website:

ALREADY PLAYED:
Miami, FL: Jan. 8 - 19
Nashville, TN: Jan. 23 - 25
Charlotte, NC: Jan. 28 - Feb. 1
Raleigh, NC: Feb. 4 - 8
Atlanta, GA: Feb. 11 - 16
Duluth, GA: Feb. 19 - Mar. 1
Cincinnati, OH: Mar. 5 - 8
Richmond, VA: Mar. 11 - 15
Washington, DC: Mar. 19 - 22
Baltimore, MD: Mar. 25 - Apr. 5
Fairfax, VA: Apr. 8 - 19
Charleston, WV: Apr. 23 - 26
Albany, NY: Apr. 30 - May 3
Youngstown, OH: May 7 - 10
Louisville, KY:  May 14 - 17
~~~SHOW and TRAIN laying over for a mid-season VACATION in Mobile, Alabama~~~
New Orleans, LA: June 18 - 21
Oklahoma City, OK: June 25 - 28
San Antonio, TX: July 1 - 5
Houston, TX: July 9 - 26 (this is a 16-day stand)
Dallas, TX: July 29 - Aug. 9
Fort Worth, TX: Aug. 12 - 16
Austin, TX: Aug. 19 - 23  

PLAYING NOW:
Lexington, KY: Aug. 28 - 30 

PLAYING NEXT:
Moline, IL: Sep. 4 - 7
Kansas City, MO: Sept. 10 - 13
Grand Rapids, MI: Sept. 17 - 20
Dayton, OH: Sept. 24- 27
Manchester, NH: Oct. 1 - 4
Worcester, MA: Oct. 8 - 12
Boston, MA: Oct. 14 - 18
Bridgeport, CT: Oct. 22 - 25
Rochester, NY: Oct. 28 - Nov. 1
Pittsburgh, PA: Nov. 4 - 8
Auburn Hills, MI: Nov. 11 - 15 

The Blue Unit's 2016 tour is now being set up (only one town is "confirmed" so far, with MANY more to come):
Birmingham, AL: Jan. 27 - 31, 2016

Im guessing the first Lexington show was tough to get set up for since train was a tad later than planned?