Eastern Railroad Discussion > RBBB Red--May 31/June 1--Hershey PA to Lincoln NE

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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MAY 31/June 1--RED UNIT Train-Run from Hershey PA to Lincoln NE.  It's likely they'll take Horseshoe Curve, but that's still unknown as of this writing (although the host RR companies already know!).
 
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)    

*The train is being systematically reduced in size this year; stay tuned later this Spring for an updated length, tonnage and feet-in-length. (Currently, the Red Unit's train is now down to 58 cars in length.)

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
Raleigh, NC: Feb. 3 - 7
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    

PLAYING NOW: 
Hershey, PA: May 25 - 30 
  
PLAYING NEXT: 
Lincoln, NE: June 3 - 5
Colorado Springs, CO: June 9 - 12
Las Vegas, NV: June 16 - 19
Phoenix, AZ: June 23 - 26
San Antonio, TX: June 30 - July 4
New Orleans, LA: July 7 - 10
Houston, TX: July 14 - 31
Dallas, TX: Aug. 3 - 14
Fort Worth, TX: Aug. 18 - 21
Austin, TX: Aug. 24 - 28
Louisville, KY: Sept. 2 - 4
Lexington, KY: Sept. 9 - 11
Albany, NY: Oct. 6 - 9
Pittsburgh, PA: Nov. 2 - 6

NOTE the "gaps" between those future towns... there are venues left to add for the 2016 tour which will be posted as soon as they are "confirmed" during the rest of this year. 

Meanwhile, the Blue Unit is rehearsing its NEW show in Florida, which is set to debut in California this coming July with a show that is said to be, by title, "Out Of This World" (Producer Alana Feld says they're going to take Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey  "...where no circus has gone before.") SEE:Rehearsals underway for the all-new Ringling Bros. Presents Out Of This World - Ringling Bros. Circus



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/29/16 17:48 by rbx551985.

Thanks for the reminder. I hope to catch the train as it has been a while for me. Critical will be the time out of Hershey and while I haven't looked at the Ringling page I suspect the final show there may be a matinee. If that's the case they could leave town several hours earlier than usual. I'll watch for updates.

DaleR