With NS 8397 (ex-CR 6191) and NS 3228, Ringling Brothers Blue Unit Circus Train passes around Horseshoe Curve after completing a crew change and water stop for the animals in Altoona. The BUCT had departed Wilkes-Barre (PA) earlier in the day with CP power, switched over to NS power in Harrisburg (PA) before continuing its 1,629 mile journey to Oklahoma City and was scheduled to arrive on June 13 for its opening show performance on June 14. This train was 5,044 feet long, weighed in at 4,135 tons and would be handed off to BNSF in Kansas City (MO) for the remaining leg of this trip.
