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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:   NYC LaPorte County

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Ringling 145
Title:  Ringling 145
Description:  This was car 145 on the 1975 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey blue train. It was originally New York Central 13-double-bedroom sleeper 10536 LA PORTE COUNTY, built by Pullman-Standard as a Plan 4071C car in Lot 6618. It was placed in service on 17 October 1940, withdrawn from Pullman lease on 20 March 1967, and sold to Ringling. 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: 5/11/2010 11:15:29 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Passenger
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RBX #145
Title:  RBX #145
Description:  RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. 13DB sleeper, ex-NYC #10536 LaPORTE COUNTY (P-S, Lot #6618, Plan #4071C, 1940), to Ringling Bros. in 1967 or 1968 as #145, later #50, scrapped in 1990. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome medium-format print.
Photo Date:  2/5/1978  Upload Date: 12/27/2024 6:13:50 AM
Location:  Jacksonville, FL
Author:  Phil Tubell/Dan Cassidy Collection
Categories:  Passenger
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