Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train Originally Louisville & Nashville 3453 GREEN PINE built by Pullman in 1953 as a 6-4-6 sleeper. To Auto-Train 610 in 1974 and used as a dorm. Retired in 1978 and sold to Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus to become MCC 246 on the Gold Unit Monte Carlo Train of 1979. Later RBBX 42105. To Vengroff Williams in 2003. Image: Juan Viladrosa on May 10, 2003 at San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
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| Image: As MC-246, part of theMonte Carlo Express, at Grand Rapids, MI March 6, 1979 by Tom Carter. The Gold Unit train lasted one season. |  |
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Image: By the late Harold A. Driscoll, photographed November 28, 1998 at Chicago, IL. |
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November 28, 1998 at Chicago, IL. Image: By the late Harold A. Driscoll, photographed November 28, 1998 at Chicago, IL. |
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November 28, 1998 at Chicago, IL. Image: By the late Harold A. Driscoll, photographed November 28, 1998 at Chicago, IL. Much of Harold's photography of the Ringling train can be found archived HERE as recently as 2019. |
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