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[1 - 10 of 11] Text List| Roster of RBBB cars Train Consist of RBBB cars History of RBBB cars Year Built of RBBB cars Year Acquired of RBBB cars Builders of RBBB cars |
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus comes to Chicago each November for a few weeks of performances. You'll find photos here of each car of the 1999 Red Unit consist and the passenger and animal cars of the 1998 Blue Unit consist.
 | Circus Train Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey & Bailey Circus Click image for a choice of 28 photos. |
 | Circus Red Unit cars In Chicago in 1999 (each car of the consist) Click image for 54 selections, with 224 photos available. Then choose the car or unit from the list. |
 | Circus Blue Unit cars In Chicago in 1998 (each passenger and animal car of the consist) Click image for 39 selections, with 103 photos available. Then choose the car or unit from the list. |
 | Circus 40000 series passenger cars Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey & Bailey Circus Click image for 10 selections, with 32 photos available. Then choose the car or unit from the list. |
 | Circus 41000 series passenger cars Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey & Bailey Circus Click image for 15 selections, with 52 photos available. Then choose the car or unit from the list. |
 | Circus 42000 series passenger cars Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey & Bailey Circus Click image for 21 selections, with 68 photos available. Then choose the car or unit from the list. |
 | Circus 43000 series passenger cars Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey & Bailey Circus Click image for 10 selections, with 31 photos available. Then choose the car or unit from the list. |
 | Circus Train support cars Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey & Bailey Circus Click image for 20 selections, with 109 photos available. Then choose the car or unit from the list. |
 | Circus Flat cars Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey & Bailey Circus Click image for 16 selections, with 41 photos available. Then choose the car or unit from the list. |
 | Circus Bus Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey & Bailey Circus Click image for a choice of 5 photos. |
| Roster of RBBB cars Train Consist of RBBB cars History of RBBB cars Year Built of RBBB cars Year Acquired of RBBB cars Builders of RBBB cars |
The Red Unit train and the Blue Unit train alternate years on their routes and change their programming (and performers) on a two-year cycle. The Blue Unit train appeared in Chicago in November of 1998 and is scheduled to return in November of 2000. The Red Unit train appeared in Chicago in November of 1999 and is scheduled to return in November of 2001.
The official Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus Web site is located at http://www.ringling.com. A brief discussion of circus life on the road is presented at http://www.ringling.com/onstage/road/town/. The Web site of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is located at http://www.ringling.org.
Chicago Rail Photographs collection updated 3 October 2024 at 20:36. Photographs and text copyright © 1998-2000 Harold A. Driscoll, All Rights Reserved. Email address is provided exclusively for personal contact, but emphatically not for use for SPAM net.abuse.