Hiding in the trees after long careers hauling passengers, then becoming homes for circus employees. Kinda reminds me of the Katy Caboose from the book "The Caboose Who Got Loose" by Bi... (more)

Circus personnel prepare a cut of wagons for loading during the circus' last revenue rollout in Charleston, W.Va., in May 2017.

Ringling Bros.' Jerry Bentley leads a set of covered wagons onto the circus' fleet of privately owned flat cars during the last loadout in Charleston, W.Va., in May 2017.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' Jerry Bentley takes a moment to rest in-between circus train duties as the greatest show on earth's tenure draws to a close during the second-to-last per... (more)

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey assistant trainmaster Mike Achhammer poses with the Blue Unit consist during the circus' second to last show ever.

A former Southern Pacific GP35 now dressed up for Watco's Kanawha River Railroad switches the Ringling Bros. circus train fleet in the Dickinson Yard near Charleston, W.Va., in May 2017.

A pair of Watco's Kanawha River Railroad Geeps switch the Ringling Bros. circus train in the railroad's Dickinson Yard south of Charleston, W.Va., in May 2017.

Looking for like a passenger yard than a freight yard, a Kanawha River Railroad conductor protects the shove as the entire Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey passenger train is switched for positi... (more)

While documenting the final days of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train in May 2017, I watched a family and their small child ride his bike along the right-of-way in-between evenin... (more)

The Kanawha River Railroad's Dickinson Yard was used in May 2017 to switch the entire passenger consist of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train in preparation for its disposition ea... (more)

The last circus train on the former L&N swings through the curves at Boyd as it heads toward the Queen City for the final time

The Ringling Brothers Circus train blasts on by Recker rd after suffering a delayed departure out of PHX

Funeral train The remnant of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train makes its way across the Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace, Md. The train is devoid of life -- all the ... (more)

The last fully loaded Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus train is greeted with a hello and goodbye by the residents of Shenandoah, Va. Upon arrival on Long Island in New York the next da... (more)

One final view from the Bear Mountain Bridge as the P927 (CSX/Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus Red Train) rolls over the trestle at Iona Island and shows a spectacular reflection off of t... (more)