Home | Date Photographed28 November 1998 |
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train at the Galewood Yard.
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| Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 43001 Circus passenger car (Blue Unit) tied-down in the Galewood rail yard. RBBX 43001, RBBX, Circus 43000 series, RBBX Blue Unit, Circus, photographed on 28 November 1998 at Galewood rail yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/11/98b28o11.jpg] |
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RBBX 43001: RBBB car type coach, aluminum car body (AL), built in 1958 by Steel Car as Union Pacific Railroad 5493, acquired by RBBB in 1986 from Amtrak 6061, numbered RBBX 43001. In 1999 it was located with the Blue Unit with house number 187. [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 43001: Circus Blue Train 1998 house number 187. [November 1998]
Equipment characteristics of RBBX 43001: AAR car type M530 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 135,400 pounds, total gross weight allowed 220,000 pounds, load limit 84,600 pounds, external dimensions (length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 4"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]
Railcar fleet details for RBBX 43001: 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 3 in; Plate Clearance: B; Draft Gear: 5; Tare Weight: 135,400 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, November 1999]
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