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26 November 1999

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train, Metra, and rail equipment at the Galewood yard.

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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus 42001 Circus passenger car (Red Unit) in the Galewood yard.

RBBX 42001, RBBX, Circus 42000 series, RBBX Red Unit, Circus, photographed on 26 November 1999 at Galewood yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera (with tripod) [railfan/1999/11/99b26445.jpg] NEW 5 December 1999

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RBBX 42001: RBBB car type coach, aluminum car body (AL), built in 1950 by Pullman as Union Pacific Railroad 5401, acquired by RBBB in 1972, numbered RBBX 42001. In 1999 it was located with the Red Unit with house number 22. [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 40003: Circus Red Train 1999 house number 22. [26 November 1999]

Equipment characteristics of RBBX 42001: AAR car type M530 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 126,400 pounds, total gross weight allowed 220,000 pounds, load limit 93,600 pounds, external dimensions (length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, November 1999]

Railcar fleet details for RBBX 42001: 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 1 in; Plate Clearance: B; Draft Gear: 5; Tare Weight: 126,400 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, December 1999]

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.