Conrail Train CIR-111, the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey’s Blue Unit circus train, passes through Lucknow, Pennsylvania after finishing an engagement in Philadelphia the night before.

Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey’s Blue Unit circus train moves west through Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A Conrail SD40 and an SD40-2 lead train CIR-111.

The Ringling Brothers Circus train rolls past the then-new parking deck at Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

The Ringling Brothers Circus train is on its way to a two-week engagement at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Here, two Conrail SD40-2’s pilot the train east through Swedeland, Pennsylvania.