BCL
Engineer
I thought they were the last traveling circus to run its own circus train.
From what I remember those cars have been been heavily modified for circus use and would have to be gutted and remodeled in order to enter revenue service again. VIA probably knows how to get that kind of work done and if Amtrak really wanted them they could possibly use them for crew rest cars as-is. That being said, if these cars have any sort of future it's probably limited to private ownership by people looking to spend money rather than make it.Attention 60 Mass!!!! Budd equipment in good shape soon to be up for Sale when the Circus, Trains quit rolling!
They did. It was a one-ring show in an actual tent called Kaleidiscape that ran for a year and got canned. It didn't go heavy on the animal acts. The director was a Cirque du Soleil alum.I'll miss seeing circus trains but I honestly couldn't care less about missing a bunch of wild animals traveling in captivity. I have no problem spending lots of money on Cirque du Soleil and Broadway type shows. Maybe they should have tried something like that instead.
I never even heard about it but it sounds like my kind of thing. I probably would have gone if I had known about it.They did. It was a one-ring show in an actual tent called Kaleidiscape that ran for a year and got canned. It didn't go heavy on the animal acts. The director was a Cirque du Soleil alum.I'll miss seeing circus trains but I honestly couldn't care less about missing a bunch of wild animals traveling in captivity. I have no problem spending lots of money on Cirque du Soleil and Broadway type shows. Maybe they should have tried something like that instead.
It lost money. Which is why it didn't last, and wasn't duplicated. Once they got great critical reviews in NYC, it got shut down. This is ironic, as Soleil only built in success in its early incarnation after critical acclaim in L.A. But, Feld (owners of Ringling and Barnum names) had proven what was set out to accomplish (that such a show could be produced by their company and be good) then shifted the performers to the traditional units, to be highlighted where a profit could be turned.I never even heard about it but it sounds like my kind of thing. I probably would have gone if I had known about it.They did. It was a one-ring show in an actual tent called Kaleidiscape that ran for a year and got canned. It didn't go heavy on the animal acts. The director was a Cirque du Soleil alum.I'll miss seeing circus trains but I honestly couldn't care less about missing a bunch of wild animals traveling in captivity. I have no problem spending lots of money on Cirque du Soleil and Broadway type shows. Maybe they should have tried something like that instead.
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