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<blockquote data-quote="nikonpup" data-source="post: 218688" data-attributes="member: 9922"><p>Currently, the circus maintains two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_train" target="_blank">circus train</a>-based shows, the Blue Tour and the Red Tour, as well as the truck-based Gold Tour (which began in 2003).[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringling_Bros._and_Barnum_&_Bailey_Circus#cite_note-9" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px">[9]</span></a>[/SUP] Each train is a mile long with roughly 60 cars: 40 passenger cars and 20 freight.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringling_Bros._and_Barnum_&_Bailey_Circus#cite_note-10" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px">[10]</span></a>[/SUP] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_stock" target="_blank">Rolling stock</a> belonging to the circus bears the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporting_mark" target="_blank">reporting mark</a> "RBBX". The Blue and Red Tours present a full three-ring production for two years each (taking off the month of December), visiting alternating major cities each year. Each train presents a different "edition" of the show, using a numbering scheme that dates back to circus origins in 1871 — the first year of P.T. Barnum's show. The Blue Tour presents the even-numbered editions on a two-year tour (beginning each even-numbered year), and the Red Tour presents the odd-numbered editions on the same two-year tour (beginning each odd-numbered year). The Gold Tour presents a scaled-back, single-ring version of the show, designed to serve smaller markets deemed incapable of supporting the three-ring versions.</p><p>In the 1950s there was one gigantic train systems comprising three separate train loads that brought the main show to the big cities. The first train load was comprised 22 cars and had the tents and the workers to set them up; the second section comprised 28 cars and carried the canvasmen, ushers and sideshow workers; the third section 19 sleeping cars for the performers.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringling_Bros._and_Barnum_&_Bailey_Circus#cite_note-11" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px">[11]</span></a>[/SUP]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nikonpup, post: 218688, member: 9922"] Currently, the circus maintains two [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_train"]circus train[/URL]-based shows, the Blue Tour and the Red Tour, as well as the truck-based Gold Tour (which began in 2003).[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringling_Bros._and_Barnum_&_Bailey_Circus#cite_note-9"][SIZE=2][9][/SIZE][/URL][/SUP] Each train is a mile long with roughly 60 cars: 40 passenger cars and 20 freight.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringling_Bros._and_Barnum_&_Bailey_Circus#cite_note-10"][SIZE=2][10][/SIZE][/URL][/SUP] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_stock"]Rolling stock[/URL] belonging to the circus bears the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporting_mark"]reporting mark[/URL] "RBBX". The Blue and Red Tours present a full three-ring production for two years each (taking off the month of December), visiting alternating major cities each year. Each train presents a different "edition" of the show, using a numbering scheme that dates back to circus origins in 1871 — the first year of P.T. Barnum's show. The Blue Tour presents the even-numbered editions on a two-year tour (beginning each even-numbered year), and the Red Tour presents the odd-numbered editions on the same two-year tour (beginning each odd-numbered year). The Gold Tour presents a scaled-back, single-ring version of the show, designed to serve smaller markets deemed incapable of supporting the three-ring versions. In the 1950s there was one gigantic train systems comprising three separate train loads that brought the main show to the big cities. The first train load was comprised 22 cars and had the tents and the workers to set them up; the second section comprised 28 cars and carried the canvasmen, ushers and sideshow workers; the third section 19 sleeping cars for the performers.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringling_Bros._and_Barnum_&_Bailey_Circus#cite_note-11"][SIZE=2][11][/SIZE][/URL][/SUP] [/QUOTE]
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