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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41309 Circus passenger car (Red Unit)

	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41309 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) in Galewood yard. (RBBX 41309, RBBX, Circus 41000 series, RBBX Red Unit, Circus, photographed on 20 November 1999 at Galewood yard).     Image size is available.
	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41309 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) in Galewood yard. (RBBX 41309, RBBX, Circus 41000 series, RBBX Red Unit, Circus, photographed on 20 November 1999 at Galewood yard).     Image size is available.
	Consolidated stencil panel on Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41309 Circus passenger car (Red Unit). (RBBX 41309, Panels, RBBX, Circus 41000 series, RBBX Red Unit, Circus, other, photographed on 26 November 1999 at Galewood yard).     Image size is available.
	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 60007 Circus Power & Dormatory car (Red Unit), Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41311 Circus passenger car (Red Unit), and Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41309 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) [near to far] as dusk sets in Galewood yard. (RBBX 60007, RBBX 41311, RBBX 41309, RBBX, Circus support cars, RBBX Red Unit, Circus, Circus 41000 series, photographed on 26 November 1999 at Galewood yard).     Image size is available.
	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41309 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) and Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41311 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) [near to far] as dusk sets in Galewood yard. (RBBX 41309, RBBX 41311, RBBX, Circus 41000 series, RBBX Red Unit, Circus, photographed on 26 November 1999 at Galewood yard).     Image size is available.

RBBX 41309: RBBB car type coach, stainless steel car body (SS), built in 1950 by Budd as Pennsylvania Railroad 1497, acquired by RBBB in 1991 from New Jersey Transit 5403, numbered RBBX 41309. In 1999 it was located with the Red Unit with house number 12. [Source: 1999 Circus Train Consist list, Domestic Transportation Department, Feld Entertainment, Inc., Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Combined Shows Inc., revised 7/12/99, printed 10/13/99.]

Correction: RBBX 41309 was built as Norfolk & Western "Duke University", and was later {Pennsylvania Railroad 1497. [courtesy of Jack Deasy, Alexandria (Virginia), December 1999.]

Car markings on RBBX 41309: Circus Red Train 1999 house number 12. [20 November 1999]

Equipment characteristics of RBBX 41309: AAR car type M530 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 138,500 pounds, total gross weight allowed 220,000 pounds, load limit 81,500 pounds, external dimensions (length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 6"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, November 1999]

Railcar fleet details for RBBX 41309: Maintenance of Way, Scale, Passenger, Caboose and End-of-Train, Mechanical Designation: PS; Outside Length: 85 ft 6 in; AAR Car Type Code: M530; Outside Extreme Width: 10 ft 6 in; Outside Extreme Height: 14 ft 6 in; Height of Extreme Width: 7 ft 1 in; Plate Clearance: B; Draft Gear: 5; Tare Weight: 138,500 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, December 1999]

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