Eastern Railroad Discussion > RBBB Blue--Nov. 26--Chicago IL to Indianapolis IN

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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NOVEMBER 26 BLUE UNIT Train-run from Chicago IL to Indianapolis IN.

2012 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 -- 142th Edition -- "DRAGONS" -- now in the first half of its 2-year tour. SEE:
http://www.ringling.com/SectionLandingPage.aspx?id=45450
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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.

2012 PLAY DATES: 142nd Edition ("DRAGONS") 2-year tour, from the official RBBB website:

ALREADY PLAYED:
Tampa, Florida: January 4 - 8
Orlando, FL: Jan. 12 - 16
Jacksonville, FL: January 19 - 22
Birmingham, AL: Jan. 25 - 29
Greenville, SC: Feb. 1 - 5
Greensboro, NC: Feb. 8 - 12
Richmond, VA: Feb. 15 - 19
Philadelphia, PA: Feb. 22 - 27
Newark, NJ: Mar. 1 - 4
E. Rutherford, NJ: Mar. 7 - 18 (about 2 weeks)
Uniondale, NY: Mar. 21 - 26 (Nassau; Long Island)
Youngstown, OH: Mar. 30 - Apr. 2
Louisville, KY: Apr. 5 - 8
Norfolk, VA: Apr. 12 - 15
Hampton, VA: Apr. 18 - 22
Hunstville, AL: Apr. 26 - 29
Providence, RI: May 4 - 7
Hartford, CT: May 10 - 13
Trenton, NJ: May 16 - 20
Hershey, PA: May. 23 - 28
Tulsa, OK: June 2 and 3
Colorado Springs, CO: June 7 - 10
Las Vegas, NV: June 14 - 17
Tucson, AZ: June 21 - 24
Phoenix, AZ: June 27 - July 2
Fresno, CA: July 5 - 8
Los Angeles, CA: July 11 - 17
Ontario, CA: July 20 - 24
Anaheim, CA: July 27 - Aug. 5
Oakland CA: Aug. 8 - 12
San Jose CA: Aug. 15 - 19
San Diego, CA: Aug. 23 - 26
Bakersfield, CA: Aug. 30 - Sept. 2
Sacramento, CA: Sept. 6 - 9
Stockton, CA: Sept. 13 - 16
Salt Lake City, UT: Sept. 20 - 24
Denver, CO: Sept. 28 - Oct. 7
St. Louis, MO: Oct. 11 - 14
Cleveland, OH: Oct. 17 - 22
Toledo, OH: Oct. 25 - 28
Rosemont, IL: Nov. 1 - 11

PLAYING NOW:
Chicago, IL: Nov. 14 - 25

PLAYING NEXT:
Indianapolis, IN: Nov. 29 - Dec. 2

---END of the FIRST HALF of the 142nd Edition! Dec. 3/4/5: the Blue Unit Circus Train makes its (two-and-a-half-day) "HOME-RUN" to Orlando, Florida for December/Christmas break. The Blue Unit's 142nd Edition resumes its 2-year tour during Jan. 2013.

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2013 (YEAR-TWO of "DRAGONS" / 142nd Edition Tour):
Miami, FL: Jan. 11 - 21, 2013
Nashville, TN: Jan. 25 - 27
Charlotte, NC: Jan. 30 - Feb. 3
Raleigh, NC: Feb. 7 - 10, 2013
Atlanta, GA: Feb. 13 - 18, 2013
Duluth, GA: Feb. 21 - Mar. 3, 2013
Columbia, SC: Mar. 7 - 10, 2013
Cincinnati, OH: Mar. 13 - 17, 2013
Washington, DC: Mar. 20 - 24, 2013
Baltimore, MD: Mar. 27 - Apr. 7, 2013
Fairfax, VA: Apr. 10 - 21
Charleston, WV: Apr. 24 - 28

Anyone have any info for the routing out of Chicago to Indy? TIA.

JET Wrote:
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> Anyone have any info for the routing out of
> Chicago to Indy? TIA.


Has been on the Monon for the last few years.