Western Railroad Discussion > RBBB BLUE--Aug. 22/23--Austin TX to Lexington KY

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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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
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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.

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.)

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/

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 ∑:=)