Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Additions: May 28, 1999

These files are part of the original construction of this site.

Bus (Support vehicle) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Central Avenue bridge. (photographed 27 November 1998)

Circus Train (Circus train) in the Galewood rail yard, looking east and down from the Central Avenue bridge. The two container cars can be seen at the far end of the consist. A "pig" (piggyback) train is in the yard to the left. The string of flat cars (not photographed) are on a siding behind the brush at the distant right corner of our view. (photographed 27 November 1998)

Circus Train (Circus train) (on the far left) in the Galewood rail yard, looking west and down from the Central Avenue bridge. The four large animal cars can be seen west of and detached from the remainder of the train. A "pig" (piggyback) train is in the foreground, beside an eastbound Metra train that is approaching the Hanson Park station. (photographed 27 November 1998)

Circus Train (Circus train) in the Galewood rail yard, looking west and down from the Central Avenue bridge. A "pig" (piggyback) train and another freight train (far left) can be seen passing through the rail yard. (photographed 27 November 1998)

Circus Train (Circus train) in the Galewood rail yard (far left), looking west and down from the Central Avenue bridge. It is a busy place, with a stopped westbound freight, an oncoming (eastbound) freight locomitive in the distance, a tied-down "pig" (piggyback) train, and to our right a westbound Metra bilevel commuter train is pulling into the Hanson Park station. (photographed 27 November 1998)

Circus Train (Circus train) in the Galewood rail yard, looking west and down from the Central Avenue bridge. A "pig" (piggyback) train is in the right background. (photographed 27 November 1998)

Circus Train (Circus train) in the Galewood rail yard, looking east and down from the Central Avenue bridge. A "pig" (piggyback) train is tied-down beside the circus train. (photographed 27 November 1998)

Circus Train (Circus train) in the Galewood rail yard, looking west and down from the Central Avenue bridge. A "pig" (piggyback) train is in the foreground. (photographed 27 November 1998)

Circus Train (Circus train) in the Galewood rail yard, looking west and down from the Central Avenue bridge. (photographed 27 November 1998)

RBBX 41303 (41300 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, looking down from the Central Avenue bridge. (car number 176, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 138,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 81,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5".)

RBBX 41303 (41300 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, looking down from the Central Avenue bridge. (car number 176, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 138,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 81,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5".)

RBBX 41303 (41300 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, showing roof details, looking down from the Central Avenue bridge. Norfolk & Southern 3288 leads a westbound autorack train. A "pig" (piggyback) train is in the yard in the far left. (car number 176, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 138,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 81,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5".)

RBBX 42107 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, looking east and down from the Central Avenue bridge. A "pig" (piggyback) train is in the yard in the background. (car number 177, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5".)

RBBX 42109 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Central Avenue bridge. (car number 175, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 13' 8".)

RBBX 42109 (42100 series car) is bedecked with satellite dishes in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Central Avenue bridge. (car number 175, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 13' 8".)

RBBX 42109 (42100 series car) is bedecked with satellite dishes in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Central Avenue bridge. (car number 175, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 13' 8".)

RBBX 42110 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Hanson Park Metra station. An empty piggyback flat car can be see in the foreground with the Central Avenue bridge in the background. (car number 179, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 4".)

RBBX 42203 (42200 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Hanson Park Metra station. An empty piggyback flat car can be see in the foreground with the Central Avenue bridge in the background. (car number 180, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 131,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 88,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 0".)

RBBX 42203 (42200 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Hanson Park Metra station. An empty piggyback flat car can be see in the foreground with the Central Avenue bridge in the background. (car number 180, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 131,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 88,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 0".)

RBBX 42203 (42200 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Hanson Park Metra station. An empty piggyback flat car can be see in the foreground with the Central Avenue bridge in the background. (car number 180, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 131,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 88,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 0".)

RBBX 60011 (Baggage car) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Central Aveue bridge. (car number 182, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 126,000 pounds, total allowable gross weight 330,000 pounds, load limit 100,000 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5".)

RBBX 60011 (Baggage car) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Hanson Park Metra station. (car number 182, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 126,000 pounds, total allowable gross weight 330,000 pounds, load limit 100,000 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5".)

RBBX 63001 (Pie car) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Hanson Park Metra station. (car number 181, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 127,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 330,000 pounds, load limit 100,000 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 3".)

RBBX 63001 (Pie car) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Hanson Park Metra station. An empty piggyback flat car can be see in the foreground with the Central Avenue bridge in the background. (car number 181, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 127,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 330,000 pounds, load limit 100,000 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 3".)

RBBX 63001 (Pie car) in the Galewood rail yard, viewed from the Hanson Park Metra station. An empty piggyback flat car can be see in the foreground with the Central Avenue bridge in the background. (car number 181, photographed 27 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 127,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 330,000 pounds, load limit 100,000 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 3".)

I took these photographs during November of 1998 using a Sony Mavica FD-7 digital camera. Adobe Photoshop was used for electronic dark room processing. I've written a custom perl 5 script which constructs these pages from a terse text description file, using a template file.

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