Thank You very much Jaw Tooth. That was very generous of you. A lot of people, myself included, appreciate you efforts in capturing this very historic but sad moment. A 142 year tradition will be no more. Hope you didn't catch a cold from standing in the rain!
I appreciate your comments. I didn't catch a cold but when I filmed the train leaving on March 20, it started raining even harder and I got soaked. Thanks for watching! Here is the video where I got soaked filming the circus train: ruclips.net/video/JNWwlSwzseg/видео.html
Thanks Brian for this funeral train video. As an adult 69 y/o i never once give it a thought that the circus train would ever retire, it just doesn't seem right that children can not enjoy this circus and the train, they went together just like the Royal American Carnival. There is no Six Flags could ever replace the dirt pathways and generator noise of the Royal American and the animal walk of the Ringling Brothers circus down a blocked street in the city. Thanks again.
As of May 24, 2017, the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus train will never run again in official capacity.....how sad! I was fortunate to see the RBB&B circus train run thru my hometown of Jennings La about once every year....all I have now is my memories of the circus train...and this great video!!
Thanks, Brain.. I know your pain.. The things we railfans do to get the shot.. Well worth the effort on your part and much appreciated on ours for another You-nique and one-of-a-kind video.
Nice Video of this last Circus Train. Sad to hear it is all headed into history. I took my family to Baraboo Wi back around 1985 to see all their old historical equipment. Very good trip and was nice to visit there. Thanks again for sharing your photography.
Every time the circus came to Chicago, it would always stay on a siding in a Union Pacific yard right down the street from my house. Even if people didn't have a love for trains, everyone would go to the local overpass to get a grand view of it. RIP. Great shots as always BTW.
The train is a city with a zip code. It housed all performers , staff, animals, equipment, machine shop, car hauler and the pie car. Truly one big family on a moving city. :-( They were over a mile long. And usually parked in the area with the biggest pothole, mini lakes LOL
Thank you for making this video. I'm a former Red Unit Showgirl, Aerialist and Elephant Rider. I went to the Nassau Veterans Coliseum to see the last show along with many other former RBBB Circus Performers. This video brings back wonderful memories of living on the Circus Train and performing with "THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" !!! Sincere thanks ; )
Glad you were able to catch the circus train and share it with us here.I heard on the radio this morning that it was in town and I immediately thought of you and the fact that you said that you were going to video it.It sure was a sloppy day for you.I very much enjoy this video. Thanks for your efforts.
It amazes me that it takes a train that large to move a circus. I'm disappointed that none of the animals were visible, though. Thanks for suffering through the rain to catch that historic train. 😊😊
Tremendous catch sir! The circus train was truly a rolling village, self contained. It was sad and symbolic to see it for the last time as it disappeared into the tunnel.
I worked this job from Cleveland, OH to Indianapolis, IN back in 2000. Had the best Philly steak and cheese sandwich from their kitchen. Great people to work with!
Thank you! I got them leaving also. I chased them from Cincinnati all the way to almost Portsmouth Ohio. I plan on getting the last one in West Virginia in May
Absolutely breaks my heart to watch this is a Cincinnati native and resident that has lived on that train I NEVER thought I would see the day this would happen.
I grew up near where Barnum had a place in NJ. The train would stop and the animals would be walked down the road to his property when they weren't doing shows.
Love those old GRS gate mechanisms there at the first crossing, along with that MI mechanical bell! Shame the original 8 inch lights were replaced with LEDs. Nice catch! The L&N signals at the next one are great as well, even if the lights and bell were replaced! At least it still retains the original GRS gate mechs!
Rest in peace Ringling Brothers. We still have in our work bulletins how to handle the circus train cars and what people to contact to make circus train movements efficient. I guess the bulletins will be removed when operations completely shut down and the cars are taken to their home terminal.
I watched that train rolling north through Kalamazoo Michigan this spring, & it had several more buses & heavy equipment on board. It seems like it was longer also.
I saw the Ringling Bros when I was a child and what a great show it was! I never realized what that meant to the animal's and how more unscupulous Circus's abused them. Actually B and B had 2 Circus units and trains...
Ha Brian that was Amazing to see yes the wetter was here also rain in Noord holland,lol the length from the train was almost the same as the Australian Ghan.from Adelaide to Darwin. greetz:Peerke. thanks.
This is the last time it will be here. They stop running the circus train at the end of May and then the railroad cars will be auctioned off. I plan on filming the last one in May in West Virginia. Thanks for watching!
+Jaw Tooth : WELCOME! I did not know that RINGLING BROTHERS or BARNUM & BAILEY were still in business! Those circus groups have been around over 100 years! .....Does this mean they are going out of business or just that they are not going to use trains anymore?
Awesome vid! Does anyone know what the pitch black cargo is around @8:59 on the flatcar? whatever it is, it looks like it has a tiny switcher locomotive on its front (or back). a weird train with an even weirder particular load 😕
Yes, those are cages that they move the lions and other animals in. The tiny switcher is actually a modified golf cart that is used to pull the cages. There are wheels under the cages and the golf cart pulls them around like a small train. Here is a video that I made of it a few years ago. ruclips.net/video/SBR0Qdh3-8U/видео.html
dang, I was off yesterday. Where are they parked? the IORY Ditch Track or did they go around and park on the Boathouse. Know where they are heading out to next, and when they are leaving?
Great video Brian. One of your best!!! Love the tunnels. Can't wait to get up there in June.
I'm looking forward to you coming up! We'll have a good time!
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Thank You very much Jaw Tooth. That was very generous of you. A lot of people, myself included, appreciate you efforts in capturing this very historic but sad moment. A 142 year tradition will be no more. Hope you didn't catch a cold from standing in the rain!
I appreciate your comments. I didn't catch a cold but when I filmed the train leaving on March 20, it started raining even harder and I got soaked. Thanks for watching! Here is the video where I got soaked filming the circus train: ruclips.net/video/JNWwlSwzseg/видео.html
End of an Era. Sad, sad, sad... I will miss them deeply.😢... Thanks for waiting out there in cold rain & thanks for posting this.
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Thanks Brian for this funeral train video. As an adult 69 y/o i never once give it a thought that the circus train would ever retire, it just doesn't seem right that children can not enjoy this circus and the train, they went together just like the Royal American Carnival. There is no Six Flags could ever replace the dirt pathways and generator noise of the Royal American and the animal walk of the Ringling Brothers circus down a blocked street in the city. Thanks again.
The end of an Era I watched that beautiful circus as a kid in New York at the old Madison Square Garden, Thanks for the video.
We have taken our kids and grand kids to the circus every year in Cincinnati since the late 90s. we will miss it also. Thanks for watching my video!
As of May 24, 2017, the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus train will
never run again in official capacity.....how sad! I was fortunate to see the
RBB&B circus train run thru my hometown of Jennings La about once
every year....all I have now is my memories of the circus train...and this
great video!!
Seems like I've watched something very special here , thanks for sharing ......Peter
Thanks, Brain.. I know your pain.. The things we railfans do to get the shot.. Well worth the effort on your part and much appreciated on ours for another You-nique and one-of-a-kind video.
Nice Video of this last Circus Train. Sad to hear it is all headed into history. I took my family to Baraboo Wi back around 1985 to see all their old historical equipment. Very good trip and was nice to visit there. Thanks again for sharing your photography.
Every time the circus came to Chicago, it would always stay on a siding in a Union Pacific yard right down the street from my house. Even if people didn't have a love for trains, everyone would go to the local overpass to get a grand view of it. RIP. Great shots as always BTW.
I never realized how long these circus trains are. Great catch of history.
Metalrails i know this is 2 years late, but I believe the ringling bros train is about a mile long
The train is a city with a zip code. It housed all performers , staff, animals, equipment, machine shop, car hauler and the pie car. Truly one big family on a moving city. :-( They were over a mile long. And usually parked in the area with the biggest pothole, mini lakes LOL
Thank you for making this video. I'm a former Red Unit Showgirl, Aerialist and Elephant Rider. I went to the Nassau Veterans Coliseum to see the last show along with many other former RBBB Circus Performers. This video brings back wonderful memories of living on the Circus Train and performing with "THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" !!! Sincere thanks ; )
I was an stage person for dimitry of RING 2 and i miss it so much if anyone from RINGLING IS OUT THERE. PLEASE CONTACT
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Thank you for sharing a final piece of american history with us .
A great and rare catch. Excellent video Brian.
Glad you were able to catch the circus train and share it with us here.I heard on the radio this morning that it was in town and I immediately thought of you and the fact that you said that you were going to video it.It sure was a sloppy day for you.I very much enjoy this video.
Thanks for your efforts.
It amazes me that it takes a train that large to move a circus. I'm disappointed that none of the animals were visible, though. Thanks for suffering through the rain to catch that historic train. 😊😊
Thanks for getting this on video, it's a historic moment.
Wow, seeing that very long train rolling towards the tunnel under the rain was something quite epic. Nice filming!
R.I.P RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS 1871-2017 IN CINCINNATI OH
R.I.P RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS 1871-2017 IN CINCINNATI OH
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Thanks for standing in the rain in order to preserve this moment for us Brian! Great shots!! This train will be sorely missed. Cheers, Dan
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Tremendous catch sir! The circus train was truly a rolling village, self contained. It was sad and symbolic to see it for the last time as it disappeared into the tunnel.
Glad I'm not the only geek out there chasing trains :-D
I worked this job from Cleveland, OH to Indianapolis, IN back in 2000. Had the best Philly steak and cheese sandwich from their kitchen. Great people to work with!
Beautiful video. Im glad I found it by accident. The trailer is very long. The tunnel is gorgeous. Glad you got it on film.
Thanks for sharing. So sad to see the end of the circus and circus train.
That's amazing I never realized how long the train actually was it's sad to see it ending
Thanks for capturing this. I don't think that there would be a historical record otherwise.
Thank you! I got them leaving also. I chased them from Cincinnati all the way to almost Portsmouth Ohio. I plan on getting the last one in West Virginia in May
Thanks Brian, you've caught a piece of history nice work!
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Thanks for your dedication to recording history
Another piece of Americana soon to be gone forever. Truly a damn shame.
Saw it come through Dayton, Ohio. It was an amazing feature...! You rock.
nice video loved it. long train too.
Thanks for sharing this historical moment 👍🏼😊
Absolutely breaks my heart to watch this is a Cincinnati native and resident that has lived on that train I NEVER thought I would see the day this would happen.
something about a circus train is just special
Awesome Video & Catch. it's sad to see this awesome train go & to say goodbye.
Cool catch of the circus train, like it
I grew up near where Barnum had a place in NJ. The train would stop and the animals would be walked down the road to his property when they weren't doing shows.
Great video Brian! Thumbs up!!!!
Thomas
Excellent video !!
Use to see this train parked in Secaucus NJ back in the day. The circus would play the Meadowlands in NJ.
Love those old GRS gate mechanisms there at the first crossing, along with that MI mechanical bell! Shame the original 8 inch lights were replaced with LEDs. Nice catch! The L&N signals at the next one are great as well, even if the lights and bell were replaced! At least it still retains the original GRS gate mechs!
Nice! Glad you got them! Got this same train when it left Atlanta on the W&A and Etowah Subdivisions. LOVE those spots as well!
Sure am gonna miss the circus.
I once saw the Ringling train a long time ago. It was cool. It was kinda like the scene in Dumbo.
Keep these train videos going, because I enjoy watching them. Thank you Jawtooth.
Thanks, will do!
It was nice to see CSX. I live near a CSX train and it might be the tracks from NJ to NY that could possibly have taken the Ringling bros train too.
Rest in peace Ringling Brothers. We still have in our work bulletins how to handle the circus train cars and what people to contact to make circus train movements efficient. I guess the bulletins will be removed when operations completely shut down and the cars are taken to their home terminal.
Very nice jawtooth that was cool keep it up and have a nice day
the bobcat on the back is funny
Great video!
Awesome video! Nice work. Shame the circus is shutting down...
The Greatest Show on Earth!.... Gone.....
Jawtooth for those days u can't film, throw in some circus trains for the kids from 5 thru 93 years of age!!!!!!!!!!!
And the crowd goes wild!!!
There was a complete photo line set up! LOl
Thx for sharing. It's historic! ✌🏽
I watched that train rolling north through Kalamazoo Michigan this spring, & it had several more buses & heavy equipment on board. It seems like it was longer also.
Cool Dash 8s!
I remember when I thought trains pulling big animals was very unrealistic. But then Barnum and Bailey came up in my reccomended.
I can't wait to catch this once it comes my way! It will only be the second time ive caught it.
great video mate left a 👍82
nice video
wow, 6 hours. Thats dedication, and in the rain! I wonder what they are going to do with all that equipment.
Nice Video 👍
Another great video
Thanks again!
It is sad to see part of my childhood like this. I mean the old DeCoursey Yard.... I spent many hours watching the switching and humping there.
I would feel honoured to drive that train.
I saw the Ringling Bros when I was a child and what a great show it was! I never realized what that meant to the animal's and how more unscupulous Circus's abused them. Actually B and B had 2 Circus units and trains...
They had the Blue Circus and the Red Circus. I saw both and filmed both trains
I love that they were a Ford family!
Stay out of the rain. 😎 Cool CSX & train action, and Railroad History.
• Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
thanks for sharing
Ha Brian that was Amazing to see yes the wetter was here also rain in Noord holland,lol the length from the train was almost the same as the Australian Ghan.from Adelaide to Darwin. greetz:Peerke. thanks.
Very neat to see
J T i check all your videos and this very special for great memories thanks
Glad you like them!
the ringling bros train and more trailer train is #1
I like train videos on RUclips jawtooth 👍
thanks for shareing the circus train I think to cinci.ohio.
Very Interesting! I have never seen one like that!
This is the last time it will be here. They stop running the circus train at the end of May and then the railroad cars will be auctioned off. I plan on filming the last one in May in West Virginia. Thanks for watching!
+Jaw Tooth : WELCOME! I did not know that RINGLING BROTHERS or BARNUM & BAILEY were still in business! Those circus groups have been around over 100 years! .....Does this mean they are going out of business or just that they are not going to use trains anymore?
Well done you have made railway history with this epic video .Stan April 9th 2017 United Kingdom .
good job friend...greetings
cool video bro
terrible that the PC crowd and Peta shut them down
Earl Wright not entirely the circus museum in Wisconsin still goes on with the show
Nice catch!
I sure miss that Circus train. I'm gonna cherish these cars through Run 8 train simulator.
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Reminds me of my X,she loved too pull a train! lol
This was cool, thanks.
nice-I watched all and i put a like on this too
thanks mack
I seen it on the old 32 Tressel going into piketon Ohio one time it had a CSX and an old Chessie System GP9 movers
#ReviveRBBB this does not have to be the end!
Good video greetings
Super videos :)
Awesome vid! Does anyone know what the pitch black cargo is around @8:59 on the flatcar? whatever it is, it looks like it has a tiny switcher locomotive on its front (or back). a weird train with an even weirder particular load 😕
Yes, those are cages that they move the lions and other animals in. The tiny switcher is actually a modified golf cart that is used to pull the cages. There are wheels under the cages and the golf cart pulls them around like a small train. Here is a video that I made of it a few years ago. ruclips.net/video/SBR0Qdh3-8U/видео.html
Spirit of West Virginia
They're making a comeback in 2022 and 2023
Oh yeah my man.
dang, I was off yesterday. Where are they parked? the IORY Ditch Track or did they go around and park on the Boathouse. Know where they are heading out to next, and when they are leaving?
I Loved it , and Many thanks mate !
None of Wisconsin's tunnels are operational. They were shut down, in fact one caved in. The others are now for trail use only.