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Encyclopedia > Circus train
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old photo of Barnum and Bailey Circus train photo from Florida Photographic Collection

A circus train is a modern method of conveyance for circus troupes. One of the larger users of circus trains is the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (RBBB), a famous American circus formed when the Ringling Brothers purchased the Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1907. The Big Top of Billy Smarts Circus Cambridge 2004. ... Ringling Bros. ... The Big Top of Billy Smarts Circus Cambridge 2004. ... Ringling Brothers were the founders of what eventually became the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circuses separately and together grew to dominate live entertainment through their frequent purchases of many other American circuses. In modern times, they travel in two circus trains, the blue unit, and the red unit, following an alternating two-year schedule to bring a new show to each location once a year.


The consists of the RBBB circus trains are more than a mile in length, and include living quarters for the performers and animal keepers. There are also special stock cars for the exotic animals and flatcars for the transportation of circus wagons, equipment, and even a bus used for local transportation at performance sites. In railroad terminology, a stock car is one that is designed for carrying livestock. ... The Bus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ...


The circus trains have proven well-suited for transportation of the heavy livestock such as elephants, despite several tragic accidents over the years. Many railfans keep track of the movements of circus trains. Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephantidae (the elephants) is the only extant family in the order Proboscidea. ... Railfans practicing their hobby at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. ...


Another circus train is operated by the James E. Strates Shows.


See also

Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. ... James Anthony Bailey (July 4, 1847-April 11, 1906) was born James Anthony McGuiness in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Mount Vernon, New York. ... The Greatest Show on Earth is the slogan for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. ... Showmens Rest Cemetery Showmens Rest in Forest Park, Illinois is a 750 plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery where a mass grave of 56 (or perhaps 61) employees of the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus were interred. ... site of circus train wreck at Ivanhoe, Indiana, June 22, 1918 The Hammond circus train wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst circus train wrecks in U.S. history. ...

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Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918 (414 words)
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The engineer of the oncoming troop train did not see the circus train blocking his right of way, because he had just fallen asleep at the throttle.
Of the 300 passengers on board the circus train 86 were killed and some 127 were injured.
Circus Train Crash (6134 words)
The circus performers were in the rear of the moving train and escaped injury.
At the end of the rear train were the regular passenger coaches, two in number, carrying the drivers, some of the performers, railway officials, and others connected with the show.
For some reason of other the first train stopped longer than usual and brakes were applied by the engineer of the second train to have the train come to a full stop before the crossing was reached.
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