Update on Circus Train cars?

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:25 pm

And thank you for the kind words!

What's most interesting is that Thompson was built as a workhorse 12-1. She's apparently now more like a PV; I wonder when the rebuilding was done.

jmlaboda · Updated 8/9/17 with 8,402 new links

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I wonder when the rebuilding was done.

The Thompson was withdrawn from Pullman lease in May 1950 so it likely was fairly recent after it was withdrawn that the work was started to convert the car to a business car. Definitely a beautiful car... CGW and CNW had reason to be proud as does the current owners!!!

Wonder if they will be painting the 41307 will be painted to match the Dearing? It will be interesting to see what they do with the car...

Brian Norden · **Posted:** Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:07 am

A history of the Thompson / Dearing can be found on this AAPRCO page.

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2017 7:49 pm

From Facebook:

40003: "Saved by Father Jerry and going to the Circus And Traveling Show WQ in Seffner, Fl. as a meeting/social center."

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2017 5:18 pm

Intriguing update:

Stock Car 60010 and at least one eight-wheel car with windows in more or less original configuration were spotted on July 4th southbound on the former SR through Ashburn, Ga................ with spray-painted NS reporting marks under the still-extant RBBB logos.

So did NS just get into the circus-car game?

Termite7 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:29 pm **Posts:** 397

NS bought some cars just for the trucks.

T7

bory2502 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 10, 2017 1:46 pm

From what I have been told NS was one of the Class 1 railroads that bought a majority of the parts that were in Palmetto and Ellenton.

Chris Edwards

p51 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 10, 2017 2:26 pm

NS's MOW crews still use old passenger cars (the dine out of Altoona looks like it belongs in the executive fleet), so I wasn't shocked to hear of this.

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:28 am

TV story on the two cars at Doolittle's complex at DuBois, Pa.:

http://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/dubo ... /773441320

jmlaboda · Updated 8/9/17 with 8,402 new links

Two more circus cars have surfaced at their new home. BNSF has acquired RBBX 41402 and 41404 and has had them shipped to Topeka. Both were shot by Jeff Carlson on June 30th...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/47104480@N07/35641708055

Wonder what they will do with them???

ebf82234 · **Joined:** Fri Aug 28, 2015 4:43 pm **Posts:** 4

jmlaboda wrote:

Two more circus cars have surfaced at their new home. BNSF has acquired RBBX 41402 and 41404 and has had them shipped to Topeka. Both were shot by Jeff Carlson on June 30th...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/47104480@N07/35641708055

Wonder what they will do with them???

Very nice...these two cars always "stood-out" as among the best-looking in the RBBX fleet. Glad to see they'll be continuing on...

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:39 am

Report from Altoona, Pa. confirms that former elephant cars 60019 and 63009 were acquired by Norfolk Southern strictly as parts sources for other business cars, primarily rebuilt six-wheel trucks.

jmlaboda · Updated 8/9/17 with 8,402 new links

Here are shots of the two elephant cars NS has acquired...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lrmyers/36392089472
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lrmyers/35725410874

JimBoylan · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:43 am

The Elephant cars mentioned above did have all of their circus lettering painted over, including the car numbers, even though Norfolk Southern seems to have given them the same numbers.

Chris Webster · **Joined:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am **Posts:** 1028

I thought was interesting:

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Steve Lough, who has worked for Ringling Bros. circus, is running for the Democratic nomination in South Carolina's 5th Congressional District.

And he's leaning into his past profession. His campaign website is registered under the domain clownforcongress.com, which includes a photo of him in clown makeup and videos of him juggling, asking South Carolinians to get out and vote in the June primary. His campaign signage features the "o" in his name as a red clown nose.

His campaign slogan -- "Aim High! Vote Lough!" -- is a play on the phonetics of his name, which is pronounced like "low."

and why the story is relevant:

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[Lough] touted his experience in the circus as a prerequisite.

"Living on the train, touring America by rail, and working with performers, both human and animal, from all different parts of the world was the best education of all!" he writes on his campaign page. "When you sweat beside a person and laugh with them, wherever they are from, whatever the color of their skin, whatever God they worship, you learn to love all of humanity. Those values, love, mutual respect, and a common goal of working together to put on The Greatest Show On Earth, are what Steve hopes to bring to the Congress of the greatest country on earth!"

Here's the link to the March 28, 2018 post on CNN.com - A clown is running for Congress in South Carolina

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