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Past Additions -- 1999

19 December 1999

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train at the Galewood yard in November. There is now at least one photo (and sometimes more than a dozen) for each of the fifty-five cars of the circus Red Unit consist, as well as historical and equipment information for each.

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Harold Kept many of his photos on sites which no longer exist.

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 84804 Circus container car (Red Unit) in the Galewood yard.

RBBX 84804, RBBX, Circus support cars, RBBX Red Unit, Circus, photographed on 20 November 1999 at Galewood yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera (with tripod) [railfan/1999/11/99b20452.jpg] NEW 19 December 1999

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RBBX 84804: RBBB car type flat, carbon steel car body (CS), built in 1973 by Bethlem as Grand Trunk Western Railroad 303081, acquired by RBBB in 1989, numbered RBBX 84804. In 1999 it was located with the Red Unit. [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 84803: 2 IN HF COMP SHOES. [26 November 1999]

Equipment characteristics of RBBX 84804: AAR car type M530 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 79,000 pounds, total gross weight allowed 200,000 pounds, external dimensions (length 94' 6", width 10' 0", height 13' 3"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, November 1999]

Railcar fleet details for RBBX 84804: Maintenance of Way, Scale, Passenger, Caboose and End-of-Train, Mechanical Designation: PS; Outside Length: 94 ft 6 in; AAR Car Type Code: M530; Outside Extreme Width: 10 ft 0 in; Outside Extreme Height: 13 ft 3 in; Height of Extreme Width: 4 ft 0 in; Plate Clearance: B; Tare Weight: 79,000 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, December 1999]

Chicago Rail Photographs collection updated 25 October 2024 at 01:54. 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.