There's a Yahoo group who regularly posts pictures and the schedule, Sorry I don't have the link handy, one of the posters there, and here, is a former trainmaster on the RBBX.
-Morgan
Find out what route Amtrak takes when the circus comes to the East coast I know from DC up to Boston they use the northern corridor, I have seen the train twice and if not mistaken it was on an episode of Extreme Trains.
Have you tried calling the railroad and asking for the dispatcher? I did that once when a steam train came through town. He gave me the schedule for the return trip, so I played hooky from work that day and got some great shots.
You might try contacting the circus directly, and ask if you could photograph the unloading process. If you post a few pics here, you could say you were planning to post them on a railroading website, which would give them an "official" reason to let you do it. They might even let you bring your daughter along. If she belongs to a group like Girl Scouts or 4H, consider making it a group activity. The circus might welcome that kind of positive publicity.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Hello yep the circus is coming to Cleveland at the end of Oct 21-27. And what I would I like to do is find the rout the circus train well tack in/out of Cleveland. I would like to get some photos of it and so my little girl can see it. She loves the circus and I though it would be cool if I could find the train. I did look at the Ringling bros site but did not see anything about the train. Any info would be great. Thanks Frank