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Date Photographed

28 November 1998

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train at the Galewood Yard.

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Herald on the side of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 60011 Circus baggage car (Blue Unit) that was tied-down in the Galewood rail yard.

RBBX 60011, Heralds, RBBX, Circus support cars, RBBX Blue Unit, Circus, other, photographed on 28 November 1998 at Galewood rail yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/11/98b28m09.jpg]

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RBBX 60011: RBBB car type coach, aluminum car body (AL), built in 1961 by ACF as Union Pacific Railroad 6319, acquired by RBBB in 1972, numbered RBBX 60011. In 1999 it was located with the Blue Unit with house number 182. [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 60011: Circus Blue Train 1998 house number 182. [November 1998]

Equipment characteristics of RBBX 60011: AAR car type M530 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 126,000 pounds, total gross weight allowed 330,000 pounds, load limit 100,000 pounds, external dimensions (length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]

Railcar fleet details for RBBX 60011: 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 5 in; Height of Extreme Width: 7 ft 2 in; Plate Clearance: B; Draft Gear: 5; Tare Weight: 126,000 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, November 1999]

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.