RINGLING BROTHERS Railroad Equipment Auction

[Tom M]

Feld Entertainment (Ringling Bros.) has put their rail assets - 75 coaches, 43 flat cars, railroad parts, and non-motorized equipment - up for auction. Bids are due March 10. For complete information click here to go to a smartsheet dot com page

[Arlington]

What was their setup for HEP vs generators? Would they be plug compatible with Amtrak?
And what kind of speed are they rated for?

Those are some seriously comfy cars, particularly the center vestibule/ full width rooms.

[charlie6017]

An article I went back and re-read recently from an older Trains magazine on the Ringling Bros. Circus Train
said the cars have to be "Amtrak compatible" (or similar phrasing). From that, I would assume they would be
able to be run at 79 per hour with any Amtrak train.

Charlie

[John_Perkowski]

I read that to mean they were qualified for interchange on the Corridor.

[Rockingham Racer]

Is there a difference between "Amtrak compatible" and "Amtrak certified"?

[John_Perkowski]

With many of these cars, the next PC-2 happens in 13 years or so. Just saying...

[John_Perkowski]

LAST CALL!!

[John_Perkowski]

ADMIN NOTE

With the initial auction period closed, this topic becomes a normal topic in general discussion, passenger rail.