Eastern Railroad Discussion > RBBB Blue--Oct. 26--Buffalo NY to Bridgeport CT

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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BLUE UNIT -- 138th Edition -- now in the 2nd half of its 2-year tour
SEE: http://www.ringling.com/TopLanding.aspx?id=11612


October 26 TRAIN-RUN from Boston MA to Buffalo NY to Bridgeport CT. (Bridgeport is the former hometown of Phineas Taylor ["P.T."] Barnum.)

2009 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)

Carl Morrison's website, features Blue Unit Trainmaster Keith Anderson, at http://trainweb.org/carl/circus2008/. Experience the ride aboard a Circus coach vestibule on a scenic U.P. route toward Las Vegas [duration: 6 minutes; filmed in mid-2008]: type "RBBB train run" on YouTube.
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2008 TOUR MAP (shows all 3 RBBB tours, Blue / Red / Gold):
http://www.ringling.com/TourSchedule.aspx
Click on "Tour Schedule" on the top left of the 'home' page; clicking on various blue pins shows where Blue Unit will be visiting.

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.
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2009 PLAY DATES (also subject to change without notice) for the 2nd half of the Blue Unit's 138th Edition ("Over The Top") 2-year tour; towns shown without dates are still pending official confirmation on the RBBB website:

Already Played:
* Miami, Florida: Jan. 8 - 19
* Nashville, Tennessee: Jan. 23 - 25
* Charlotte, North Carolina: Jan. 28 - Feb 01
* Raleigh, Nnorth Carolina: Feb. 05 - 08
* Atlanta, Georgia: Feb. 13 - Feb 22
* Highland Heights, Kentucky: Feb. 27 - Mar. 01 [near Cincinnati]
* Cincinnati, Ohio: Mar. 04 - 08
* Columbia, South Carolina: Mar. 12 - 15
* Washington, D.C.: Mar. 18 - 22
* Baltimore, Maryland: Mar. 25 - Apr. 05
* Fairfax, Virginia: Apr. 08 - 19 [just south of D.C.]
* Charleston, West Virginia: Apr. 22 - 26
* Rochester, New York: Apr. 29 - May 03
* Albany, New York: May 06 - 10
* Columbus, Ohio: May 14 - 17
* Hershey, Pennsylvania: May 20 - 25
* Peoria, Illinois: May 29 - 31
(---Two-week, Mid-year Vacation in Mobile, Alabama---)
* Mobile, Alabama (play-dates): June 18 - 21
* New Orleans, Louisiana: June 25 - 28
* San Antonio, Texas: July 01 - 05
* Corpus Christi, Texas: July 08 - 12
* Houston, Texas: July 15 - 26
* Dallas, Texas: July 29 - Aug. 09
* Fort Worth, Texas: Aug. 12 - 16
* Austin, Texas: Aug. 19 - 23
* Lexington, Kentucky: Aug. 28 - 30
* Moline, Illinios: Sept. 3 - 7
* Indianapolis, Indiana: Sept. 10 - 13
* Kansas City, Missouri: Sept. 16 - 20
* Grand Rapids, Michgan: Sept. 24 - 27
* Manchester, New Hampshire: Oct. 1 - 4
* Worcester, Massachusetts: Oct. 8 - 12
* Boston, Massachusetts: Oct. 14 - 18

Playing Now:
* Buffalo, New York: Oct. 21 - 25

PLAYING NEXT:
* Bridgeport, Conneticut: Oct. 29 - Nov. 1
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Nov. 4 - 8
* Toledo, Ohio: Nov. 11 - 15
* Auburn Hills, Michigan: Nov. 18 - 22

....END OF THE 138th Edition! Return to Tampa FL, to begin rehearsals for the All-New 140th Edition of RBBB Circus. (Red show already has the 139th Edition.) Word has it that The Greatest Show On Earth's 140th Edition will be a super extravanganza honoring legendary P.T. Barnum. The show's title is said to be: "Barnum's FUNundrum."