| The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (red unit) train winds through the curves at Marcel, high in the Tehachapi Mountains. The train, operating from Fresno to San Diego, has three BNSF ES44DCs (7315, 7646 and 7216) on the point, and is made up of 59 cars (34 coaches, 18 flats, 4 stock cars, 2 COFC and 1 bi-level auto rack) - 4290 tons and 5235 feet in length (not counting the diesels) - nearly a mile long! |