When Circus World announced last month that it would be the new home of Ringling’s former Blue Unit clown car no. 189, stock car no. 63006 and a flat car with four wagons, the co-owner of the Al.

The train cars — 16 coaches and four flat cars — were on tracks next to Kirby property. Two mobile cranes hoisted them up and put them down on new Kirby rails.

The train cars — 16 coaches and four flat cars — were on tracks next to Kirby property. Two mobile cranes hoisted them up and put them down on new Kirby rails.

But in those days, railroads charged private companies by the car, not by the length of the car or by weight. The circus train was 17 cars long — 13 of which were stock and flat cars.

The museum – housed in a former sleeper car once used by the circus and located at the Historic Venice Train Depot, 303 E. Venice Ave. – was acquired and rehabilitated by the Venice Area ...

On May 22, 2017, after 146 years, the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus folded its tent for the last time after a final show at Long Island’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and passed into ...

NCDOT later received federal grants to buy new rail cars and tried to sell the old circus train in late 2020. But after setting a minimum bid of $45,000 per car, NCDOT got no offers.

The state was asking $45,000 for each of the circus train cars, except for the baggage car, which was filled with various hand and shop tools. The opening bid for it was $55,000.

One of four former circus train cars that were destroyed by fire in Nash County on March 10, 2022. The N.C. Department of Transportation owned the cars and was storing them on a remote section of ...

WILLISTON, Fla. (AP) - 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 ...

The state was asking $45,000 for each of the circus train cars, except for the baggage car, which was filled with various hand and shop tools. The opening bid for it was $55,000.