Eastern Railroad Discussion > RBBB Red--Feb. 8--Raleigh NC to Atlanta GA

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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FEB. 8--RED UNIT Train-run from Raleigh NC to Atlanta GA.

2016 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 is rolling at this time with 59 cars, down 1 from 2015 -- they have one less Container car at this time.

RED UNIT -- 145th Edition -- "CIRCUS XTREME" -- on its extended tour. 
SEE: https://www.ringling.com/shows/circus-xtreme/
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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.

2016 RED UNIT – 145th EDITION of THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH 

ALREADY PLAYED:
Miami, FL: Jan. 8 - 18
Columbia, SC: Jan. 21 - 24
Charlotte, NC:  Jan. 27 - 31
 
PLAYING NOW:
Raleigh, NC: Feb. 3 - 7
 
PLAYING NEXT:
Atlanta, GA: Feb. 10 - 15
Duluth, GA:  Feb. 18 - 28
Cincinnati, OH: Mar. 3 - 6
Richmond, VA: Mar. 10 - 13
Baltimore, MD: Mar. 16 - 27
Washington, DC: Mar. 31 - Apr. 3
Fairfax, VA: Apr. 6 - 17
Charleston, WV: Apr. 21 - 24
Wilkes-Barre, PA: Apr. 28 - May 1
Manchester, NH: May 5 - 8
Hartford, CT: May 11 - 15
Trenton, NJ: May 18 - 22
Hershey, PA: May 25 - 30
Lincoln, NE: June 3 - 5
Las Vegas, NV: June 16 - 19
New Orleans, LA: July 7 - 10
Houston, TX: July 14 - 31 

NOTE:  there are a great many venues left to add for the 2016 tour which will be added as they are "confirmed" during the 2016 tour which will be added as they are "confirmed" during the rest of this year.

RAILFANS: look for major changes to the two rail tours beginning in May:  railcars will be swapped out or replaced, including some kind of new "Circus" flatcar type:  a 5-part, articulated SPINE FLAT, maybe one on each train... and the "COFC" flats for Concessions storage will soon be removed.  Also, with the ELEPHANTS being retired from both rail tours during May, we may see a chopping of the train-length on both Circus Trains.  Stay tuned for developments.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/16 13:10 by rbx551985.