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Owner: Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   CRI&P 757, nee-NYC Raritan Bay

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Ringling 126
Title:  Ringling 126
Description:  This was car 126 on the 1975 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey blue train. It was originally New York Central 22-roomette sleeper 10413 RARITAN BAY built by Pullman-Standard as a Plan 4122 car in Lot 6790. It was placed in service on 5 October 1948, withdrawn from Pullman lease on 1 July 1958, and sold to the Rock Island in 1959. It was rebuilt into baggage-RPO car 757, retired in 1968 and sold to Ringling Brothers. The car was photographed in the Illinois Central Gulf's Poydras Yard. At that time, the Ringling cars did not wear any reporting mark.
Photo Date:  9/13/1975  Upload Date: 5/12/2010 4:29:27 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Passenger
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