Sawdust and Spangles: RBBB Generator wagon

Monday, August 09, 2010

RBBB Generator wagon

7 comments:

Anonymous said...: I never heard of them called generator wagons. This was the train light plant.
Bob Kitto; 8:16 AM
Bob Cline said...: Mr. Kitto, could you please explain to me how you distinguish the difference? I spent years on truck shows and they were also referred to as the generators. Please help us to understand!; 9:07 PM
Anonymous said...: Maybe the same way as some folks call the ice box a "refrigerator"?

In earlier times, the circus used more then gas or diesel generators to produce light. Therefore, the use of "light plant" came into use before the day of the diesel generator becoming a common sight on the lot.

p.j.; 11:53 AM
Anonymous said...: PJ said it all.
Maybe you are not familiar with two of the old time circus fans, my dad, Charley Kitto and model builder Joe Taggart, but I never heard either them refer to a light plant as a generator wagon.
Bob Kitto; 6:38 PM
Bob Cline said...: Thank you guys for your explanations. I appreciate the insight.
Bob; 9:53 PM
Randy Peterson said...: Looks like a generator WAGON to me,
Bob,if all the WAGONS were train light plants, the show would have no power on the lot,so I must assume they were LOT LIGHT PLANTS,(say that fast three times)...
And I have NEVER heard that,just because you never heard it,from two outstanding people,dose not mean they never were called that.

Now I must go have a Tomato sandwhich,or is that Toemahto?; 1:40 PM
Anonymous said...: Randy,
I agree that they are all generator wagons. The light plants on the lot also had flood lights to aid in tear down.
Now have I confused everybody enough?
Bob Kitto; 4:01 PM

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