Saturday, October 21, 2006

Ringling-Barnum 1941 #2 (Eric Beheim Collection)


Ringling-Barnum 1941 #2 (Eric Beheim Collection)

Posted by Buckles at 10/21/2006 08:23:00 AM

2 comments:

Bob Cline said...

The railroad buffs will note the design of this flat is actually a stock car cut down to a flat car. I'm not sure how many of these RBBB ever used, however Fred Dahlinger was kind enough to help me in the research of the Cetlin and Wilson Carnival's train by explaining the following.

When the Al G. Barnes / Sells Floto Show came off the road in 1938 with the Ringling attractions since Ringling closed in June due to the depression, the entire show returned to Sarasota. The Al G. Barnes / Sells-Floto Stock cars were numbered 150, 151, 152, and 153. They were cut down to flats in 1941 and in 1948, the Cetlin and Wilson Carnival made a deal to buy all four of them. The deal changed in the course of events and Cetlin and Wilson only took car # 150 plus a Warren RBBB # 104 from the first section that was being disposed of with the truss support underneath. The cut down stock / flat car remained # 150 through the 1968 closing of the Cetlin and Wilson Shows. The other flats numberd 151, 152, and 153 all ended up on other carnivals.


The Circus World Museum ended up with a flat car cut down from a Tim McCoy stock car when they bought it from the demise of the World of Mirth Shows. The CWM used the # 66 on it and lettered it Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Bob

21 October, 2006 14:07
Anonymous said...

from Eric:

The 1941 loading order identifies this wagon as #146, which contained one of the floats for the "Old King Cole and Mother Goose" spec.

22 October, 2006 12:13

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