Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train
RBBX 41304
Residential Coach Car
Originally PRR 8257 ELMIRA INN, built by Budd in 1949 as a 21-roomette sleeper. Converted to a 64-seat coach, 12-seat smoker and numbered 1514 in 1963. To PC 1514. To NJT 5432 in 1976. To BWRL 5432. To URHS of NJ in 1989. To Ringling in 1991. Ringling configured the interior to 8 bedrooms for the Torres Family Globe of Steel riders.
Image: John McCluskey on May 10, 2017 at Elmhurst, NY - the very last movement of the Blue Unit.
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