Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train
RBBX 86903
Flat Car

Originally North American Car Corp NIFX 8284, built by Whitehead & Kales in 1967 as a TTX-type 89' flat car. To Ringling in 1978 for use on the Monte Carlo train as MC-221. By 1984 it was RBX 24 on the Red Unit train. By 1987 it was RBX-23 on the Red Unit train. To RBBX 86903 in 1995.

Image: As MC-221 on the Monte Carlo Express, the Gold Unit train that lasted one season. MC-221 is the second flat back from the camera, followed by MC-222 and MC-223, the bi-level flat at the end. By Tom Carter at Grand Rapids, MI March 6, 1979.

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