Eastern Railroad Discussion > RBBB Red--Dec. 4--Youngstown OH to Nashville TN

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

Circus Train Yahoo Group:
[color=#000066]http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CircusTrain/[/color]
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Dec. 4 (SUNDAY) RED UNIT Train-Run from Youngstown OH to Nashville, TN. The schedule is calling for a 6am departure; field-sightings will be appreciated to update everyone along the route to wishes to see and film the move: CSXT is the likely route, as that’s the only interstate rail carrier in Nashville (the others are local shortlines).

2016 Red Unit Circus Train:
---4,370 Tons (when fully loaded)  
---5,320 Feet (WITHOUT host RR's power attached; 1 mile = 5,280 feet)    
---53 Cars (33 conventional passenger-type cars; 17 TTX-[type] piggyback flats; 2 Container Flats; 1 five-part articulated Flat) 

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 
Hershey, PA: May 25 - 30
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
Little Rock, AR: Sept. 2 - 4
Lexington, KY: Sept. 9 - 11  
Kansas City, MO: Sept. 15 - 18
(WEEK OFF - "Dark Week" - in K-City, MO; cast/crew mini-vacation)
Grand Rapids, MI: Sept. 29 - Oct. 2
Albany, NY: Oct. 6 - 9
Boston, MA: Oct. 12 - 16
Bridgeport, CT: Oct. 19 - 23
Rochester, NY: Oct. 27 - 30
Pittsburgh, PA: Nov. 3 - 6
Auburn Hills, MI: Nov. 10 – 13
Youngstown, OH: Nov. 19 - 20 

PLAYING NEXT: 
Nashville, TN: Dec. 8 - 11 
Huntsville, AL: Dec. 14 - 18 

TOWNS FOR 2017 confirmed so far: 
Orlando, FL: Jan. 12 - 16
Jacksonville, FL: Jan. 19 - 22
Tampa, FL: Jan. 25 - 29
Greenville, SC: Feb. 2 - 5
Greensboro, NC: Feb. 8 - 12
Atlanta, GA: Feb. 15 - 20
Duluth, GA: Feb. 23 - Mar. 5
Cincinnati, OH: Mar. 10 - 19
Norfolk VA: Mar. 23 - 26
Hampton VA: Mar. 29 - Apr. 2
Worcester, MA: Apr. 14 - 16
Manchester, NH: Apr. 21 - 23

So will you be taking the New Castle Sub westbound or take NS Youngstown Line back up to the Lake Erie District to Cleveland and head wherever from there?

cornerfieldhobby Wrote:
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> So will you be taking the New Castle Sub westbound
> or take NS Youngstown Line back up to the Lake
> Erie District to Cleveland and head wherever from
> there?

I believe the train is stored on CSX in Youngstown and has to end on CSX in Nashville so I wouldn't expect to see NS involved in this move.
I would expect Newcaslte to Greenwich then south on the Big Four through Indy to Terre Haute, Indiana then south in the C&EI.

Posted from iPhone

howeld Wrote:
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> cornerfieldhobby Wrote:
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> -----
> > So will you be taking the New Castle Sub
> westbound
> > or take NS Youngstown Line back up to the Lake
> > Erie District to Cleveland and head wherever
> from
> > there?
>
> I believe the train is stored on CSX in Youngstown
> and has to end on CSX in Nashville so I wouldn't
> expect to see NS involved in this move.
> I would expect Newcaslte to Greenwich then south
> on the Big Four through Indy to Terre Haute,
> Indiana then south in the C&EI.
>
> Posted from iPhone

Yea, it be hard for me that early on a Sunday since I'm off work to see him. As probably tomorrow 1073, 8102 & 9256 will come back east tomorrow.

Well, it just went through Cleveland on NS, with 2 CN units. Heading to Bellevue, then south, I would guess.

CSXT at Cincinnati - there soon.  Then to Nahsville vis LCL to Louisville.  BLUE unit canceled last shows and is headed to Tampa early from Indianapolis tonight.  It will run via Terre Haute, Evansvillem and Nashville.  So BOTH unit will in Nashvile tomorrow night or Tuesday, 

Reports on local Facebook group that the train arrived in Louisville, Ky. a little after 7:00 this morning.  No information on departure but I suspect that it is in or near Nashville by now, around 12:30PM EST.

​John