The circus came to town! And... kept going. RBBX S/B train running as NS 047 crosses the Tennessee River at Tennbridge.

Just about any railroader will tell you that working for the railroad is like working for the Circus.. well today the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train came rolling through town m... (more)

The Circus Comes Thru Town! The recent flood of circus train images sparked the idea to upload this scene of an 047 passing thru Buford and the statue of Roy Rogers and Trigger. The old tannery ... (more)

The red circus train makes its way toward downtown Vermilion. Trains on this part of the line are extremely rare. This scene would not have happened if not for the CSX derailoment on the New Castl... (more)

The red circus train crosses the Rocky River.

The red circus train makes its way through the Flats of Cleveland.

NS 047, the Annual James E. Strates Shows Fair train, makes its way down the middle of 6th Street with a nice pair of EMD High Hoods leading the way! After almost 8 hours of dealing with problems ... (more)

THE Curve The Fair Train, NS 047, owned by James E. Strates Shows, rounds the area known Trenton Curve with a very nice pair of High Hood EMDs leading a freak show on rails! Some of the ... (more)

The Fair is Coming Through Town! LITERALLY! NS 047, the Annual James E. Strates Shows Fair train, makes its way down the middle of 6th Street with a nice pair of EMD High Hoods leading the ... (more)

The Fair is Coming Through Town! LITERALLY! NS 047, the Annual James E. Strates Shows Fair train, makes its way down the middle of 6th Street with a nice pair of EMD High Hoods leading the ... (more)

NS 047 with the James E. Strates Shows Fair Train in tow highballs through "The Peach Capital of the World" with an awesome set of High Hood EMDs pulling this freak show down to Augusta, Georgia f... (more)

Chicken Feed & Imbreeds! NS 047, the James E. Strates Shows Fair Train also know as The Freak Show on Earth, highballs through Monetta, South Carolina past one of the 2 largest Grain Elevat... (more)

RBBX "Blue Unit"

RBBX "Blue Unit" enroute from Hershey, PA to Omaha, NE.

As spring 2010 bursts forth the Ringling Bros. Blue Unit crosses the James River, leaving Amherst County and entering Lynchburg City en route to an engagement in Richmond, VA.