Home | Circus Blue Unit carsIn Chicago in 1998 (each passenger and animal car of the consist) |
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While the Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Blue Unit train was in Chicago in 1998 I was able to photograph each passenger and large animal car of the train. However, none of the vehicle flat cars were photographed. There are several photos of many cars, taken from various angles. Of the cars photographed, in 1999 the Blue Unit train consist was almost the same, with only one passenger car having been replaced.
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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.
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