Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Red Unit Funeral Train Worcester, MA in 4k
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- This is the RBBX Red Unit coming north from Providence en route to Oak Island and Tampa via Worcester and Selkirk. This video was shot from McKeon Rd, Worcester, MA.
Red and Blue unit trains will be missed. Ever since I was a kid, we would be at rail-yard early morning just to watch it come to town. Also, wait around to watch leave after last show. Hours and Hours spent
This is so sad it came to an end ! So much history through the years gone.
It ultimately was just not economical. I think we may see the circus pop up as a fixed show in Florida, but it will never return the rails. The economics just don't work.
We took my 75 year-old mother on her birthday to see this circus and be a kid, Again. She had the Greatest Birthday on Earth. It was the last event she attended
with us before attending her funeral.
I remember Gunther Gable Williams' final tour as Ringling bros. tiger trainer when the show stopped in Boston @ the old Boston Garden it was fun and I enjoyed every moment of it.
It was the greatest show on earth and of that there is no doubt. I’m glad my daughter got to see it in its last tour. A part of our national history…rumor is it may be coming back…lets hope.
Charlton Heston did a great job in this movie
Thank you for this great video commemoration of this circus!
We all wish the performers, staff & crew well as they find new meaning in their life’s...
Had it not ended then by a difficult economic decision, than the end would have been
now here in the year 2020 - 21. It may take several years for the recovery.
I am a huge fan of the time period when the circus traveled by rail.
Then you MUST find a way to go and visit the Ringling Circus and Art Museum in Sarasota, Florida - it will blow your mind. It's all there (including the world class art museum).. Mr. and Mrs. Ringling's Home for tours.. Their private rail car... the Circus Museum.. the Howard Bros. Miniature Hand Carved Circus (must be seen in person to be believed and appreciate the detail - covers over 6000 sq ft) Old Circus Wagons, explanations on logistics, and what it was like to move 1500 people.. PLUS an entire zoo and road vehicles.. by train.. from town to town.. every single day in most cases.. Feed them ALL, along with access to laundry facilities, etc., - it's a huge complex, and you should plan at LEAST an entire day, if not 2. to see and appriciate it.
Must be a huge fan of animal abuse.
As an engineer on the LIRR I ran this train several times. With animals and people living on this train you have to be really careful running it.
Retired engineer
And I'm great full as a show employee back then, that engineer's like you moved us safely. Thank you so much!
Excellent catch ! 👍
I lived on the Silver Snail for 3 yrs. Clown Alley '93-'95. What a fantastic time it was.
OMG 😂!! You're right... We did call it "The Silver Snail", LMAO. You we're a clown back then? I sold cotton candy and snow cones then was ring three props crew in the 80's. Best job & community on earth. Silver Snail was incredible
@@wangomania4922 Hello Wango ! I was on the Red unit. The train was a highlight. Loved it. Are you up for a sixpack this weekend ? Do you remember those ? Those were 14 hr. days. 3 shows Sat.- 3 shows Sun. ! May all your days be circus days Wango. Thanks.
Man that was a Long ass Train I knew the Circus Train was long,but not this long.
A legendary cirkus, all in one train, incredible.
Years ago I saw that train fully occupied between shows. I forget the city I was in.
Got to see it 2 times was amazing time to bad it ended .
Thanks for the share. I used to live and work on this train & show. The red unit as it's displayed and I live in the Quinsigamound community where the video was taken. Shame they ended the tour's as this train community was the Greatest Show On Earth as well as the best place to live. What amazing people and actually education I pulled out of the community without a zip code. I really do miss those days. Once again, thanks for the share. It caught my eye cuz it's right behind Walmart Plaza, otherwise known as Worcesters tent city
Yes, it was sad to see the end of the RBBX Circus Train. Ultimately it just wasn't economically feasible to continue.
@@woodalexander Yes, it was costly with all the animals.. But that was the draw to the show. Good luck to Ringling Brothers being another circus with no clowns or animals. Just human act's. Oh well, times change.
@@wangomania4922 The whole thing was expensive, moving the circus from one city to another week to week.
GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH THE T.V WOULD SAY KIDS OF ALL AGES SEEN IT TWICE AS A KID !!!
Probably the highest quality contents in those containers those engines will ever pull. Today, it's mostly double stacks of Chinese produced garbage.
Not garbage. Low cost, low quality, items that will last a a few years before it breaks .
But it is what american's want. if made in the US it would cost more and people would whine.
We have met the enemy, and they are us.
@@needles_sub3307 You are 100% correct Needles, We are our own worst enemy.
That made me cry.
Wonderful and very amazing train, excellent
Der circus auf der Schiene. Fantastisch super Aufnahmen Danke für die schöne bilder you a good 🎥man
Greetings von Germany Rhein side Düsseldorf
Amazing train - but was the circus always held alongside railroad tracks as I didn't see any larger trucks to move the loads.
The train was parked in a nearby rail yard and unloaded, the elephants were walked down the road, often for some distance as part of the lead up to the circus. The wagons on the flat cars are designed to be towed by 1-ton trucks. In the later years, a significant chunk of the stuff was moved over the road by a fleet of trucks, as there was so much stuff to move.
@@woodalexander Many thanks - must have been an impressive sight!
Awesome train video
Thanks!
The US always has the most impressive rolling stock.
Awesome video!
Thanks!
I live in Racine Wisconsin used to see the circus train heading for Milwaukee a few times,also went to the circus parade in Milwaukee.
RBBX or the Circus Museum train from Baraboo?
We all saw the last circus parade in Milwaukee and just treasure the memory
It is a truly impressive transport!
R.I.P.
Even the horn sounded sad and mournful.......
My former wife used to live in Sarasota Florida which used to be the winter retreat for the circus.
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954.
I've had several wave to me, just not this particular time.
@@woodalexander Kansas!, I think it's these modern cellphones
I have NEVER EVER seen such a long train. What length is it?
Not very long, at least compared to freight trains on Class 1's. You can count the cars, they're mostly about 85' each. With PSR and DPU, they're running 14,000' trains regularly now, the longest I believe is around 18,000.
Mile and a half for the Red unit. I don't know the length of the Blue show
i remember seeing the train in Boston
I saw that train when it came to Birmingham.
Great video !
that's some circus if that's the train for it!
Can’t believe a train that long is pulled by only two locomotives.
That's not that long or heavy. Much longer, heavier trains are pulled by two locomotives.
Those are GE Dash8-40Bs (one is a BW, but mechanically they are the same), so you're looking at 8,000HP. Those locos didn't have to work very hard to pull that train. The circus train not only is largely passenger equipment outfitted with freight brakes but is lighter than a freight train due to the equipment itself and the need to be able to go through the North River Tunnels and NYP to get to Garden City, LI.
Damn.
A lot of people worked on those trains/ shows. Wonder how they landed and what they are doing now.
When I left the show I was a birthday clown doing kids show's, but even that phased out. Now I just drink beer and smoke pot and reminisce of the Greatest Show On Earth and coolest job I ever had
I was hoping another train would come on the near track and blast its horn, which woulda sent buddy on his phone running back to the safe distance where he shoulda been.
Hah, I didn't even notice him there. That's not double track though, that's a siding, I think just for switching runarounds. Still, he should have been back a few feet just in case.
@@woodalexander that siding's about 1,200 m (3/4 mile) long. Something coulda pulled into it in order to pass the circus train.
Moreover, that guy was so engrossed in his phone when he walked up, he was paying zero attention to his surroundings. There's actually a textured yellow line on the sidewalk -- that's where you're supposed to stop. lol
@@lcmark True. You always have to expect the unexpected when around tracks.
I would've loved 2 C those long gates rise.
Oh my freaking Stars how many cars is on that train
long story , short: in the 90s(daytona beach) i was walking to the beer store to get beer before they closed and one of these trains was stopped on the crossing. the carnies let me board their car so i could get across the tracks! (i made it in time)
WHAT HAS BECOME OF ALL THE RR EQUIPMENT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS???
Sold off to various private, museum, or other buyers.
My family went to this this circus everytime it came to my city, and used the Barton Collasium, sat 10k people, state fair is held there now
That was disappointing! First, by the time i thought about counting the cars a lot had passed and it was too late, then I waited and waited to catch a glimpse of the last car on the train thinking it would be one of Pullman's spectacular private varnish cars replete with observation platform etc. ,,alas, it was not to be!! I can only imagine the costs associated with all of these cars being kept up to strict standards to use the rails all across the country!
😢
A bit lost guys, but why is it called a funeral train when its a Circus 🤔
Last run after the Red Unit disbanded. The Blue Unit disbanded in NY a few weeks later.
@medcaregenmgr Well actually, the free market killed it. Too expensive to put the show on.
Liberals and PETA killed it.
I read it was the animal rights activists that put the circus out of business. Many costly lawsuits over the elephants in particular. Chalk up another win for cancel culture.
That's not true. It was the economics of transporting a circus from city to city that didn't make sense. The elephants were a relatively minor issue, and also not related to "cancel culture".
@@woodalexander thats not what I read. I can see how if the liberal media is your source it would spin that. It was probably multifactoral, but the new item i read said that the cost of the endless litigation on the elephants by animal rights groups was the last straw.
@@eugenecherny3871 Clearly you don't know what you're talking about. The use of term "liberal media" proves that.
Where is it now I saw it as a kid run through town. Was this its final run? The title has me confused.
The funeral train was actually after the final show, the Circus itself disbanded, and the cars were being brought back to FL, with a few cars left in Providence, and some dropped off I believe in NJ or somewhere as they were being sold.
I'd hate to live near a level crossing in the USA.that bell ringing would soon get on my nerves
It's only loud if you're really close. Also, some gates only ring when they're going down, then the gates stay down with lights only.
None of those cars look like they're for transporting animals. How did they move the circus animals from place to place?
Some were transported in the front of the train, others by truck. They had also gotten rid of some of the animals by the end, and some cars were dropped off in Providence before leaving for buyers in New England.
what was the funeral train?
After the Red Unit disbanded, a few cars were left in Providence for Northeastern buyers, and the rest of the train headed back towards Florida, dropping cars off along the way to their new owners. The Blue Unit funeral train was a bigger event, as it happened a few weeks after the Red funeral train, marking the end of the RBBX Circus Trains forever.
Why isit a funeral train.? Did the owners of the circus die?
The circus died. It basically went out of business. It disbanded in Providence and that train is hauling the cars back to FL, with a few that were sold being dropped off in NJ.
Another part of America dies. It shouldn't be allowed to happen!
Do you want the government to subsidize a business model that doesn't work anymore? That's a legitimate point of view, we subsidize all sorts of things but I feel like someone writing a comment like that probably hasn't actually thought out what their comment means or how it would be done in practice.
Wow
I wonder what they did with their trains.
Some were sold, donated, and I believe a few stayed with Feld Entertainment, but I'm not sure.
Some cars are in Sterns KY being rebuilt
Some were bought by various state DOTs and were left rotting on unused tracks 😔
We were different then, harsher and crueler perhaps. But we ruled the world. Now we see our funeral coming down the tracks.
What?
How many cars?
I guess I'm slow I take it that they're out of business haven't been to the circus in years a very long time 15-20 years maybe longer so I guess I thought they were about a business a long time ago😢
This video was 5 years ago and that was the end of the RBBX Red Unit and RBBX Blue Unit.
Whys it called a funeral train
Because it was hauling the coaches out after the last performance for the Red Unit. The Blue Unit had it's last performance a few weeks later in Long Island, so it was the final end of the Circus as we know it.
Funeral train???
The Red Unit had disbanded, the cars were being brought back to Florida with some being dropped off to go to new owners in New Jersey.
@@woodalexander Ah... That's sad to hear.
The train the used to stuff elephants into all cramped, it now gone. How sad.
It's a damn shame that a few do-gooders can ruin it for people that liked to go to the circus. Maybe it was because their mommie and daddy wouldn't take them or they were afraid of clowns why not just not go instead of taking it away from all
It wasn't a few "do-gooders". The economics of the circus just didn't work, the logistics cost was astronomical for something that's not that profitable. They were hauling an entire train and several dozen tractor trailers to each city. It also had some liability/safety issues/risk that probably didn't help the situation. I think you'll see it come back eventually in some form as a fixed attraction in the Orlando area where they don't have the massive logistics costs and they can manage the lability/risk a bit better.
PETA killed the circus by assuming the animals were abused
@@ArantiusVulpes That was a minor factor compared to the economics not making sense.
@@ArantiusVulpes assuming? there's video proof
Why didn't they made a circus without animals? Seeing them in the cages, forced to do unnatural things was a sad thing.
I loved the artists, the clowns, the creativity - but the animals live destroyed the show for me. In Europe are some little circus shows, with amazing artists, without hurting any animal.
But the big circuses could not, or would not, see the change of time. And so, as less customers came, their time was over. Very sad, but the fault was mismanagement and ignorance.
Do sad
Looks like PETA got their wish.
It was an issue of economics. It was extremely expensive to move the circus from city to city, and lots of competition from other entertainment sources.
Glad it's over, for the animals sake.
Like I said before if you personally don't like the circus DON'T GO why ruin it for everyone else? A I don't believe your video proof. Editing can convict a statue for murder
The animals probably had a better life in the circus than they had in the wild. As the poet Tennyson put it, "Nature is red in tooth and claw." Not the paradise you seem to assume, nature is cruel. And I'll tell you something else that will probably surprise you. Before modern advances in medical science, circus sideshows were filled with freaks of nature. While your heart goes out to people born with atrocious abnormalities, the fact remains that many of these people and their families made lots of money from the sideshows and lived far better lives than they would have otherwise.
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus had the greatest trainers including Gunther Gebel Williams.
That's a bunch of bulshit it should still be around
I wish it was, but who would bankroll it? It just wasn't going to be profitable in the long run. I don't know if they were losing money, or saw the writing on the wall, but it was just too expensive to keep it going.
I Love It A Lot
“Funeral train”???? Weird
Yup. The Red Unit had already been disbanded, so it was a sad sight to see. The Blue Unit had another couple of weeks, and then the final funeral train for the Blue Unit departed Garden City, Long Island.