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Circus Red Unit cars
In Chicago in 1999 (each car of the consist)
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Home | Circus Red Unit carsIn Chicago in 1999 (each car of the consist) |
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[1 - 10 of 54] 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 |
While the Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Red Unit train was in Chicago in 1999 I was able to photograph each car of the train, including each passenger car, large animal car, and vehicle flat car. There are several photos of most cars, taken from various angles.
 | Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 40001 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) Click image for a choice of 3 photos. |
 | Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 40003 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) Click image for a choice of 4 photos. |
 | Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 40007 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) Click image for a choice of 4 photos. |
 | Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 40010 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) Click image for a choice of 7 photos. |
 | Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 40015 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) Click image for a choice of 6 photos. |
 | Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 40017 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) Click image for a choice of 2 photos. |
 | Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41301 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) Click image for a choice of 8 photos. |
 | Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41307 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) Click image for a choice of 2 photos. |
 | Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41308 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) Click image for a choice of 4 photos. |
 | Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 41309 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) 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 13 March 2024 at 23:04. 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.