The train essentially piled up to the level of the tracks, Zitzler said, and the last few cars, where most of the circus performers rode, didn't go off the rails.

None of the 60 circus animals, including lions, tigers and elephants, was hurt. They were traveling in cages at the front and rear of the 53-car train, which broke in the middle.

Want to act like a monkey? You can. Just make sure you ride in the monkey car on the Casey Jr. Circus Train. The small train has two animal cars, one for those who want to be a monkey and another f… ...

The train essentially piled up to the level of the tracks, Zitzler said, and the last few cars, where most of the circus performers rode, didn't go off the rails.

The museum – housed in a former sleeper car once used by the circus – was rehabilitated by the Venice Area Historical Society over the past decade.

First to leave was always the 25-car contingent known as The Squadron, which traveled a day ahead of the rest of the circus, bringing with them vast amounts of feed for the animals, as well as the ...

WILLISTON — When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed last year, much of the focus was on the future of the many animals used in the show and whether they would be sent to places at ...

VAIL — Local historian Susan O’Brien recited a mountain of facts Wednesday during a service commemorating the 1893 Walter L. Main Circus Train wreck just outside Tyrone. O’Brien, who has ...

The problem was, no one took into account that the circus cars were about twice the length of standard cars. The length coupled with the weight of the animals was too much for the single engine ...

For six weeks, Paramount hirelings bought and built a circus train with two animal cars, two circus flat cars, two Pullmans, a job lot of animal cages, and hundreds of feet of tracks.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus chef Matt Loory delivers plates of shrimp pasta to performers in the pie car of the circus train.