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A circus wagon Freight car of German Circus Krone, used to transport elephants, in 1993 Circus Roncalli train in Germany, 2007 A circus train is a method of conveyance for circus troupes. One of the larger users of circus trains was the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (RBBX), a famous American circus formed when the Ringling Brothers ...
CSX locomotives pulling the circus train out of St. Petersburg, Florida Circus train rolling through Safety Harbor, Florida. The circus maintained two circus train-based shows, one each on its Red Unit and Blue Unit trains. [43] Each train was a mile long with roughly 60 cars: 36 passenger cars, 4 stock cars and 20 freight. [53]
The Hammond circus train wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst train wrecks in U.S. history. Eighty-six people were reported to have died and another 127 were injured when a locomotive engineer fell asleep and ran his troop train into the rear of a circus train near Hammond, Indiana.
The excess weight of the upgraded train cars proved to be too much for the train's brakes and it quickly lost control. At a curve, the train derailed, sparing only two sleeper cars. The brakeman, William Heverly, was killed instantly. [4] [5] The ensuing crash resulted in the deaths of five circus employees and injuries to another 11.
On June 22, 1918, the famous Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus suffered a deadly train accident while traveling to a show in Hammond, Indiana. While the second of the team's trains had pulled off to the side to fix an engineering issue, an empty train used to transport soldiers crashed into five wooden sleeping cars, which ignited a quickly-spreading fire.
Poster promoting the "Raschetta Brothers" acrobats Circus's Bridgeport, Connecticut, headquarters, about 1911 Ringling Brothers trains and elephants. In 1882, before the Ringling brothers created their first circus, the five brothers performed skits and juggling routines in town halls around the state of Wisconsin.
Circus World Museum is located in Baraboo, Wisconsin, because Baraboo was home to the Ringling Brothers. It was from Baraboo in 1884 that the Ringling Brothers Circus began their first tour as a circus. Over six seasons, the circus expanded from a wagon show to a railroad show with 225 employees, touring cities across the United States each summer.
The Barnes Circus train partially derailed at Motordrome in 1914, injuring four. [49] On May 15, 1922, a large circus elephant known as Tusko escaped from the Al G. Barnes Circus while it was in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. The elephant demolished fences, knocked over laundry lines and trees, telephone poles, and overturned a Model T. [50]