Hiding in the trees after long careers hauling passengers, then becoming homes for circus employees. Kinda reminds me of the Katy Caboose from the book "The Caboose Who Got Loose" by Bi... (more)

The last circus train on the former L&N swings through the curves at Boyd as it heads toward the Queen City for the final time

The Ringling Brothers Circus train blasts on by Recker rd after suffering a delayed departure out of PHX

Funeral train The remnant of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train makes its way across the Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace, Md. The train is devoid of life -- all the ... (more)

The last fully loaded Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus train is greeted with a hello and goodbye by the residents of Shenandoah, Va. Upon arrival on Long Island in New York the next da... (more)

The Newark Liberty International Airport Station of Amtrak/NJ TRANSIT was a logical choice for catching the electric power on the head end of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Tra... (more)

As the Norfolk Southern Corp 047/Conrail OI-17/ Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Train was at the North Elizabeth station of NJ TRANSIT. With the The Virginian Railway NS heritage un... (more)

The end of the line. After nearly 150 years, The Greatest Show on Earth will be just a memory archived in the minds of many who have been fortunate enough to experience the Ringling Brothers and B... (more)

Classic GE & Ringling Bros Memories Diverging from the single main to main 2 track, a pair of CSX 7500 series C40-8 which is no longer in existence on CSX now a days pull the 4,95... (more)

The final jump of the Circus train between two cities is underway as the Blue Unit crosses the trestle at Dothan, WV on the former Virginian Railway.

The sun has both literally and figuratively set on the Ringling Brothers circus train for the final time on the road for the Blue Unit train on May 9. Enroute from Charleston, WV to Uniondale, NY... (more)

A horse races the cars on the last Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus train as an onlooker from the train takes in the scenery as the "Greatest Show on Earth" heads to it's f... (more)

That's a wrap! The Ringling Circus Train comes east into New York City for the last time and is seen here just east of Secaucus Junction.

At one of few places that nearly the entire consist of the mile long Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Blue Unit Circus Train can be seen, Kanawha River Railroad crew KN-35B roll across the Kan... (more)

The Blue Unit Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus train passes Mammoth Coal Company loadout, one of the active loadouts on the KNWA, a few miles out of Dickinson where the train will be rearr... (more)