Eastern Railroad Discussion > RBBB Blue--Feb. 15--Greensboro NC to Philadelphia PA

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. 15 BLUE UNIT Train-Run from Greensboro NC to Philadelphia PA.

2016 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" -- extended 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.

2016 PLAY DATES: 144th Edition ("LEGENDS"), from the official RBBB website: ALREADY PLAYED:Huntsville, AL: Dec. 30, 2015 - Jan. 2, 2016Tampa, FL: Jan. 6 - 10Orlando, FL: Jan. 14 - 18Jacksonville, FL: Jan. 21 - 24Birmingham, AL: Jan. 27 - 31Greenville, SC: Feb. 3 - 7   PLAYING NOWGreensboro, NC: Feb. 10 - 14 PLAYING NEXT:Philadelphia, PA: Feb. 17 - 21
Brooklyn, NY: Feb. 25 - Mar. 6
Newark, NJ: Mar. 9 - 13
Norfolk, VA: Mar. 31 - Apr. 3
Hampton, VA: Apr. 6 - 10
N. Charleston, SC: Apr. 13 - 17
Worcester, MA: Apr. 22 - 24Providence, RI: Apr. 28 - May 1   NOTE:  there are a great many venues left to add for the 2016 tour which will be added as they are "confirmed" during the rest of this year.

 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/16 08:43 by rbx551985.

I APOLOGIZE for the running together of this thread's text:  for some reason, TO.COM is not allowing a copy/paste of any text, then it does, then it won't "save" anything I realign.

THIS move could be via NS to the Northeast via Hagerstown, MD - and the get on CSXT somewhere northeast of there, or else they could just as easily (and maybe this is more prudent since the train is STORED on CSXT in Greenwich Yard in Philly) take NS to Alexandria, Va. and interchange there to CSXT to go north via Baltimore.  FIELD SIGHTINGS will be helpful in determining which route they take north of Manasas, Va.

a night run over the High Line is always a good catch ...

Does it park on CSX in Philly?

ddavies Wrote:
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> Does it park on CSX in Philly?


yes ... South Philly Greenwich ... 

Any route updates?

Since it parks on CSX, I would expect NS to give it to CSX at Alexandria.