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These cars provide living quarters for members of the circus.
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RBBX 42101 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 188, 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".)
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RBBX 42101 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 188, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42102 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 174, photographed 28 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' 3".)
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RBBX 42102 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, showing two sets of spare wheels being carried under the car body. (car number 174, photographed 28 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' 3".)
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RBBX 42102 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 174, photographed 28 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' 3".)
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RBBX 42103 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 189, 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".)
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RBBX 42103 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 189, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42103 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 189, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42104 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 195, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42104 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 195, 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".)
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RBBX 42105 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 186, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42105 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 186, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42105 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 186, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42107 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 177, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42107 (42100 series car) beneath the Central Avenue overpass in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 177, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42109 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 175, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42109 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 175, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42110 (42100 series car) beneath the Central Avenue overpass in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 179, photographed 28 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".)
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RBBX 42110 (42100 series car) beneath the Central Avenue overpass in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 179, photographed 28 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".)
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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This is an unofficial site without any affiliation with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Equipment characteristics are courtesy of the BNSF Web site query service. This is a free site hosted by Angelfire.
Photographs and text copyright © Harold A. Driscoll, 1999. All rights reserved.