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.

With the final performance in the books, Ringling Bros. personnel beginning loading the covered wagons for one last time in Charleston, W.Va., on May 7, 2017. The show was headed from Charleston t... (more)

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)

In-between clouds, a pair of Kanawha River Railroad geeps bask in the evening sun in the railroad's Dickinson Yard near Charleston.

During the annual RiverFest events in the Kanawha Valley in Nitro, Kanawha River Railroad EMD GP39-2 No. 3901 sits adjacent to the railroad's small yard office in Nitro. The local, which is a on a... (more)

There's few places, if any, outside of the Northeast Corridor where one can stand near a rail yard and be surrounded by several cuts of passenger cars from various heritages. As a fleet of more th... (more)

WAMX 4211 and KN 381 knock down the signal at Bannon on their way into Columbus.

A trio of CSX engines, including CSX ET44AC No. 3333 leads the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey 'Blue' unit circus train across the Virginian Railway's Sweeneysburg trestle northwest of Beckley... (more)