This was car 141 on the 1975 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey blue train. It was originally Baltimore & Ohio 16-duplex-roomette/4-double-bedroom sleeper 7103 KINGFISHER, built by Budd as a Plan 9536 car in Lot 9658, placed in service on 26 May 1954, and sold to Ringling in 1969. The car was photographed in the Illinois Central Gulf's Poydras Yard. At that time, the Ringling cars did not wear any reporting mark. |