QuoteGreatest show on rails
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01/27/2010
by Joe Wilhelm Jr.
Staff Writer
It’s fitting that “The Greatest Show on Earth†uses the longest privately owned train on Earth to house and transport support staff and performers for the circus.
Trainmaster Keith Anderson and his crew of 14 maintain the 61-piece train, which includes 36 coach cars (32 with living quarters and four utility cars) that over 300 people call home while the circus is on tour. The “Blue Unit†was in Jacksonville from Jan. 18-24 to present the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus’ “Funundrum.†The circus also operates a similar train for its “Red Unit,†currently on tour with the company’s “Zing Zang Zoom†production, but it is two cars shorter.
“It’s great to have the train instead of bouncing from one hotel room to another,†said Anderson. “This way, we don’t have to worrying about packing up our stuff when we are trying to travel from city to city. It’s also a great way to see the country.â€
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I had the wonderful opportunity to sit in Hendricks Ave waiting for this train to pass last week...would have been great if it was HSR!
Is transport by train one of the ways that they "torture" the animals? ;)
Quote from: tufsu1 on January 27, 2010, 09:29:57 PM
I had the wonderful opportunity to sit in Hendricks Ave waiting for this train to pass last week...would have been great if it was HSR!
No it wouldn't TU, those old passenger cars saved from the torch by Ringling Brothers or James Strate's Shows would blow out a tire and scatter elephant dung all over the county at anything above 70 mph. Quote from: urbanlibertarian on January 27, 2010, 09:37:10 PM
Is transport by train one of the ways that they "torture" the animals? ;)
No damn UL! The Circus and Railroad boyz sit around the camp fires and pull the wings off of the Wombats. OCKLAWAHA