RBBB BLUE--Apr. 7/8--Huntsville AL to Norfolk VA RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS ringling/ 151.625 is the Circus Train Operations radio frequency. ________________________________________________ APRIL 7/8 BLUE UNIT Train-run from Huntsville AL to Norfolk VA. Train is expected into Norfolk late morning or mid-day April 8, and if so, would make their run eastbound from Crewe, Va. to Norfolk -- parallel to 4-lane Highway 460 -- in DAYLIGHT. 2013 Blue Unit Circus Train: ---61 Cars (40 conventional passenger-type cars; 21 TTX-[type] piggyback flats) ---4,490 Tons (when fully loaded) ---5,409 Feet (WITHOUT host RRs power attached; 1 mile = 5,280 feet) BLUE UNIT -- 144th Edition -- LEGENDS -- now in the FIRST half of its 2-year tour. SEE: ringling/SectionLandingPage.aspx?id=45450 ___________________________________________________ Current RBBB rail-tour Edition Numbers for the two railroad shows, Blue (and Red), are measured from the shows first year, 1871. Train-run [jump] dates presume each train departs the morning [or day] after the closing performance date. RBBB Circus Trains can change scheduled routing and departure time without notice. 2014 PLAY DATES: 144th Edition (LEGENDS) 1st half of 2-year tour, from the official RBBB website: ALREADY PLAYED: Tampa, FL: January 4– 5 Orlando, FL: January 9– 12 Jacksonville, FL: January 16 – 19 Birmingham, AL: January 22 – 26 Greenville, SC: January 29 – Feb. 2 Greensboro, NC: February 5– 9 Philadelphia, PA: February 12 – 16 Brooklyn, NY: February 20 – Mar. 2 Uniondale, NY [Nassau, Long Island]: March 5 –10 Newark, NJ: March 13 –16 E. Rutherford, NJ: March 19 –23 Columbia, SC: March 27 –30 PLAYING NOW: Huntsville, AL: April 2 –6 PLAYING NEXT: Norfolk, VA: April 10 –13 Hampton, VA: April 16 –20 Youngstown, OH: April 25 –28 Providence, RI: May 2 - 4 Hartford, CT: May 8 - 11 Trenton, NJ: May 14 – 18 Hershey, PA: May 21 - 26 Tulsa, OK: May 31 - June 1 Colorado Springs, CO: June 5 – 8 Tucson, AZ: June 12 – 15 Las Vegas, NV: June 19 - 22 Phoenix, AZ: June 25 - 30 Fresno, CA: July 3 - 6 Los Angeles, CA: July 9 - 15 Ontario, CA: July 18 - 22 Anaheim, CA: July 25 - Aug. 3 San Diego, CA: Aug. 7 - 10 Bakersfield, CA: Sept. 4 - 7 Sacramento, CA: Sept. 12 - 15 Stockton, CA: Sept. 19 - 21 St. Louis, MO: Oct. 17 - 19 Cleveland, OH: Oct. 22 - 26 Rosemont, IL: Nov. 6 - 16 Chicago, IL: Nov. 19 - 30 “STAY TUNED” as more towns are added throughout the year – as soon as they are “confirmed” and posted on the show’s official website. ________________________________________ YEAR-2 of LEGENDS (already confirmed): Nashville, TN: Jan. 23 - 25 Raleigh, NC: Feb. 4 - 8, 2015 Atlanta, GA: Feb. 11 - 16, 2015 Duluth, GA: Feb. 19 - Mar. 1, 2015 Washington, DC: Mar. 19 - 22, 2015 Fairfax, VA: Apr. 8 - 19, 2015
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:42:40 +0000