Eastern Railroad Discussion > RBBB Red--May 26/27--Hershey PA to Omaha NE

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS
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151.625 is the Circus Train Operations radio frequency.

Circus Train Yahoo Group:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CircusTrain/
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MAY 26-27 RED UNIT Train-Run from Hershey PA to Omaha NE.  We "expect" this move's eastern portion to be over NS via Horseshoe Curve. 

2015 Red Unit Circus Train:
---60 Cars (39 conventional passenger-type cars; 21 TTX-[type] piggyback flats)
---4,370 Tons (when fully loaded)
---5,320 Feet (WITHOUT host RR's power attached; 1 mile = 5,280 feet)  

RED UNIT -- 145th Edition -- "CIRCUS XTREME" -- on the FIRST half of its 2-year tour.
SEE: http://www.ringling.com/SectionLandingPage.aspx?id=46818
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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.

2015 RED UNIT – 145th EDITION of THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH – “CIRCUS XTREME” - YEAR ONE: Towns below show where this tour is so far set with time-gaps showing where other venues are yet to be added:

ALREADY PLAYED:
Tampa, FL: Jan. 1 – 4
Orlando, FL: Jan. 8 – 11
Jacksonville, FL: Jan. 15 – 18
Birmingham, AL: Jan. 2 – 25
Greenville, SC: Jan. 28 – Feb. 1
Greensboro, NC: Feb. 4 – 8 
Philadelphia, PA: Feb. 11 – 16
Brooklyn, NY: Feb. 19 – Mar. 1
Uniondale NY [Nassau, Long Island]: Mar. 4 – 8
Newark, NJ: Mar. 12 – 15
E. Rutherford, NJ: Mar. 18 – 22
Huntsville, AL: Mar. 26 - 29
Columbia, SC: Apr. 2 - 5
Norfolk, VA: Apr. 9 - 12
Hampton, VA: Apr. 15 - 19
Columbus, OH: Apr. 23 – 26 
Providence, RI: Apr. 30 – May 3
Hartford, CT: May 6 - 10
Trenton, NJ: May 13 – 17  

PLAYING NOW:
Hershey, PA: May 20 – 25
  
PLAYING NEXT:
Omaha, NE: May 29 - 31
Colorado Springs, CO: June 4 - 7
Las Vegas, NV: June 11 - 14
Tucson, AZ: June 18 - 21
Phoenix, AZ: June 24 - 29
Fresno, CA: July 2 - 6
Los Angeles, CA: July 9 - 14
Ontario, CA: July 17 - 21
Anaheim, CA: July 24 - Oct. 2
San Diego, CA: Aug. 6 - 9
Oakland, CA: Aug. 13 - 17
San Jose, CA: Aug. 20 - 30
San Francisco, CA: Sept. 3 - 7
Bakersfield, CA: Sept. 10 - 13
Sacramento, CA: Sept. 17 - 20
Salt Lake City, UT: Sept. 24 - 28
Denver, CO: Oct. 1 - 12
St. Louis, MO: Oct. 16 - 18
Cleveland, OH: Oct. 21 - 25
Toledo, OH: Oct. 29 - Nov. 1
Rosemont, IL: Nov. 5 - 15
Chicago, IL: Nov. 18 - 29
Indianapolis, IN: Dec. 3 - 6

Towns for this Edition of the Red Unit (SECOND year) are already being confirmed:
 
Charlotte, NC:  Jan. 27 - 31, 2016
Raleigh, NC: Feb. 3 - 7, 2016
Atlanta, GA: Feb. 10 - 15, 2016
Duluth, GA:  Feb. 18 - 28, 2016
Richmond, VA: Mar. 10 - 13, 2016
Baltimore, MD: Mar. 16 - 27, 2016
Washington, DC: Mar. 31 - Apr. 3, 2016
Fairfax, VA: Apr. 6 - 17, 2016
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MEANWHILE, the Blue Unit is "on vacation" with their train stored in Mobile, Alabama.  In another week or so, they are to move to New Orleans, LA, their next stand, and the "WESTERN" part of their 2015 tour.

Red Unit
Giant Center Hershey, PA
Last show May 25 1:00pm

djwilder Wrote:
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> Red Unit
> Giant Center Hershey, PA
> Last show May 25 1:00pm

Anyone who has a departure time from Hershey, it would be appreciated. Barring any extensive delay out of Hershey this would seem like a night run across Ohio and much of Indiana.

Thanks.

DaleR