Eastern Railroad Discussion > RBBB Blue--Jan. 23--Birmingham AL to Columbia SC

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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Jan. 16/17 BLUE UNIT Train-Run from Miami FL to Birmingham AL; "presumably" on FEC to Jacksonville and CSX beyond.*

2017 Blue Unit Circus Train:
---56 Cars (conventional passenger-type cars; TTX-[type] piggyback flats behind them)
---4,010 Tons (when fully loaded)
---5,142 Feet (WITHOUT host RR's power attached; 1 mile = 5,280 feet) 

BLUE UNIT -- 146th Edition -- "OUT OF THIS WORLD" -- extended tour. 
SEE: https://www.ringling.com/shows/out-of-this-world/ 
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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.

2017 PLAY DATES for the 146th Edition ("OUT OF THIS WORLD"), from the official RBBB website: 

ALREADY PLAYED:
Miami, FL: Jan. 6 - 15

PLAYING NOW:
Birmingham, AL: Jan. 19 - 22 

PLAYING NEXT:
Columbia, SC: Jan. 26 - 29
Charlotte, NC: Feb. 1 - 5
Raleigh, NC: Feb. 9 - 12
Philadelphia, PA: Feb. 16 - 20
Brooklyn, NY: Feb. 23 - Mar. 3
Newark, NJ: Mar. 8 - 12
Trenton, NJ: Mar. 17 - 19
Richmond, VA: Mar. 23 - 26
Washington, DC: Mar. 30 - Apr. 2
Fairfax, VA: Apr. 7 - 16
Baltimore, MD: Apr. 20 - 30
Charleston, WV: May 3 - 7
Uniondale, NY: May 12 - 21 

May 22/23/24--FINAL "HOME-RUN" to Florida.

I'll be on this run, I'll try to pop on and say when we leave burmingham if I'm awake when we pull out of the yard. 6 pack load outs are hard for us though.

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FrostyOrca Wrote:
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> I'll be on this run, I'll try to pop on and say
> when we leave burmingham if I'm awake when we pull
> out of the yard. 6 pack load outs are hard for us
> though.
>
> Posted from Android

Frosty is right:  "six pack" weekends are hard on everyone in the show:  a "six-pack" weekend is SIX SHOWS over 2 days; 3 on Sat. and 3 on Sun., PLUS a tear-down and load-out following the last downbeat of music played by the live band.  It should be noted that during the last of those 6 shows, everything that is used for the last time is packed up and carted out DURING the last show -- to save time.

First, THANK YOU for all the updates and other information ove the years. I hope all the Ringling folks come out "OK' with the shutdown.

At the risk of stating the obvious, lots of folks hope to catch one or both of the trains on the final runs. Any enroute updates will certainly be of much help, especially since the routing will be quite different than in the past runs.

DaleR

that "home run" will also be a ghost run for the train with no e of the crew on it. all the cast and crew are being kicked off the train in the city that that unit closes in. just fyi. so the last runs with circus people and the train still alive will be the run TO the final show cities

Posted from Android

6 packs suck, 9 packs are hell but nothing, nothing is worse than a pre rig load and go...

Posted from Android

what's a pre-rig load and go?

thanks

FrostyOrca Wrote:
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> I'll be on this run, I'll try to pop on and say
> when we leave burmingham if I'm awake when we pull
> out of the yard. 6 pack load outs are hard for us
> though.
>
> Posted from Android

Thanks. The Trains magazine map is showing an all NS routing between Birmingham and Columbia.

Any update when you awake would be appreciated.

Jay

Train was still in the CSX yard in Birmingham as of 8:00 this morning.

we just left the yard now.

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FrostyOrca Wrote:
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> we just left the yard now.
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> Posted from Android

Dorgot to reply earlier, Thanks.

Jay

As of 1:45pm, EDT, the Blue Unit was seen arriving in Columbia, SC behind a pair of CSX units; it was noted online in a "LIVE" F.B. posting......