Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train NEW YORK CENTRAL MEXICO BAY eventually became RB-130. Originally built by Pullman-Standard in 1948 as a 22-roomette sleeper. Numbered 10429 MEXICO BAY in 1952. To Rock Island and rebuilt into baggage-RPO car 759. To Judge Roy Hofheinz (via RAILCO brokers). To Ringling in 1969. By 1975 it was RB-130 on the Blue Unit Train. By 1979 it was in storage in Venice, FL still as RB-130 (while another car - former UP 6300 - was on the road also as RB-130). Image: As RB-130 in New Orleans September 13, 1975. By Michael Palmieri, who was able to board the train and verify most of the old car names by name plates on their end doors.
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