Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train
RBBX 40006
Residential Coach Car
Originally Union Pacific 5459, built by ACF in 1953. To Ringling in 1972. By 1979 it was RB-51. By 1984 it was RBX 51. By 1987 it was RBX 50. Numbered 48 for a time in the RBX numbering scheme. To RBBX 40006 in 1995. Ringling configured the interior to 14 bedrooms.
Image: John McCluskey on May 10, 2017 at Elmhurst, NY - the very last movement of the Blue Unit.
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