Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train
RBBX 60007 Generator/Dorm Car
Originally Union Pacific 6313, built by ACF in 1961 as a baggage/messenger. To Ringling in 1972. By 1979 it was RB-55, a generator-dorm. By 1982 it was RBX 55. By 1984 it was still RBX 55. By 1987 it was still RBX 55. To RBBX 60007 in 1995. Scrapped.
Image: RBBX 60007 in 1996
Image: Denny Childers, July 2000 at Cashion, AZ.
This car, as RBX 55, was home for contributor Rhett Coates from 1985 to 1991. According to Coates, the car was known as the Double Nickel and was configured as a bunk/dormitory for 22 crewmen on one end, with a pair of Caterpillar 3406 Gensets on the other end - for providing power to the 'upper end' (higher numbered) cars at the head end of the train. In the 44-car Red Unit train of 1988, this car was the 11th car of the train.
