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Western Railroad Discussion > RBBB BLUE--Aug. 22/23--Austin TX to Lexington KYDate: 08/20/11 09:23 RBBB BLUE--Aug. 22/23--Austin TX to Lexington KY Author: rbx551985 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/ ________________________________________________ August 22/23 BLUE UNIT Train-Run from Austin TX to Lexington KY. Arrival expected during [early?] August 24. 2011 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 -- 140th Edition -- now in the second half of its 2-year tour. SEE: http://www.ringling.com/TopLanding.aspx?id=35904 ___________________________________________________ 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. 2011 PLAY DATES: 140th Edition ("Barnum's FUNundrum") 2-year tour; any town shown without play-dates are still pending official confirmation on the RBBB website: ALREADY PLAYED: Miami, Florida: Jan. 7 - 17 Nashville, Tennessee: Jan. 21 - 23 Charlotte, North Carolina: Jan. 26 - 30 Columbia, South Carolina: Feb. 3 - 6 Raleigh, North Carolina: Feb. 9 - 13 Atlanta, Georgia: Feb. 17 - 21 Duluth, Georgia: Feb. 24 - 27 Huntsville, Alabama: Mar. 2 - 6 Cincinnati, Ohio: March 11 - 20 Washington, District of Columbia: March 23 - 27 Baltimore, Maryland: March 30 - April 10 Fairfax, Virginia: April 14 - 24 Charleston, West Virginia: April 27 - May 1 Albany, New York: May 5 - 8 Columbus, Ohio: May 12 - 15 (3-WEEK VACATION IN MOBILE, ALA.) Mobile, Alabama: June 9 - 12 New Orleans, Louisiana: June 16 - 19 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: June 23 - 26 San Antonio, Texas: June 29 - July 4 Houston, Texas: July 7 - 24 (3 weeks) Dallas, Texas: July 27 - Aug. 7 Fort Worth, Texas: August 10 - 14 Austin, Texas: Aug. 17 - 21 PLAYING NOW: Lexington, Kentucky: Aug. 26 - 28 PLAYING NEXT: Moline, Illinois: Sept. 1 - 4 Kansas City, Missouri: Sept. 7 - 11 Grand Rapids, Michigan: Sept. 15 - 18 Peoria, Illinois: Sept. 23 - 25 Manchester, New Hampshire: Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 Worcester, Massachusetts: Oct. 6 - 10 Boston, Massachusetts: Oct. 12 - 16 Bridgeport, Connecticut: Oct. 20 - 23 Rochester, New York: Oct. 26 - 30 Bridgeport, Connecticut: Oct. 20 - 23 Rochester, New York: Oct. 26 - 30 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Nov. 2 - 6 Auburn Hills, Michigan: Nov. 9 - 13 ---END OF THE 140th EDITION! (Return to Tampa FL to begin rehearsals for the 142nd Edition.) Date: 08/20/11 17:58 Re: RBBB BLUE--Aug. 22/23--Austin TX to Lexington KY Author: NormSchultze Well, there are few options: UP to Taylor and thence toward Palestine TX. Or UPsoth to the sunset---highly unlikely.
So whwn is the train departing from Austin ? Yell us the schedule. please/ Date: 08/20/11 19:50 Re: RBBB BLUE--Aug. 22/23--Austin TX to Lexington KY Author: blackcatd9 Will Post "Projected Routing" later on Sunday, 21 August 11 (Blue Unit) when all pertinent data and information is received and compiled from “The Network”.
All for now. bcd9 ∑:=) |