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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 42103 Circus passenger car (Blue Unit)

	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 42103 Circus passenger car (Blue Unit) tied-down in the Galewood rail yard. (RBBX 42103, RBBX, Circus 42000 series, RBBX Blue Unit, Circus, photographed on 27 November 1998 at Galewood rail yard).     Image size is available.
	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 42103 Circus passenger car (Blue Unit) tied-down in the Galewood rail yard. (RBBX 42103, RBBX, Circus 42000 series, RBBX Blue Unit, Circus, photographed on 28 November 1998 at Galewood rail yard).     Image size is available.
	Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 42103 Circus passenger car (Blue Unit) tied-down in the Galewood rail yard. (RBBX 42103, RBBX, Circus 42000 series, RBBX Blue Unit, Circus, photographed on 28 November 1998 at Galewood rail yard).     Image size is available.

RBBX 42103: RBBB car type coach, carbon steel car body (CS), built in 1950 by Pullman as Great Northern Railroad 1230, acquired by RBBB in 1992 from New Jersey Transit 5323, numbered RBBX 42103. In 1999 it was located with the Blue Unit with house number 189. [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.]

Car markings on RBBX 42103: Circus Blue Train 1998 house number 189. [November 1998]

Equipment characteristics of RBBX 42103: AAR car type M530 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total gross weight allowed 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, external dimensions (length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 4"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]

Railcar fleet details for RBBX 42103: 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 4 in; Height of Extreme Width: 7 ft 5 in; Plate Clearance: B; Draft Gear: 5; Tare Weight: 133,300 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, November 1999]

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