The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train climbs Rose Canyon on its way north after completing its run of shows in San Diego, California, on July 18, 2011.

My favorite circus train has always been the James E. Strates Shows train, mainly because it is always so colorful. During the 1970s, it always seemed that they managed to make their trips across... (more)

UP 3985 is seen here pulling the Ringling Bros Circus Train from Cheyenne to Denver.

A pair of northbound intermodal trains departs Gest Street as a CSX Ringling Brothers Circus train eases to a stop in front of CUT for a crew change.

Always an impressive sight, the outbound Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train doesn't even warrant a glance from the guy in the yellow and blue in the lower left. But others strolling ... (more)

The UP 3985 Challenger with the Circus Train on there way to Denver.

UP 3820 drags the STUFR 5 up out of the desert & into the Tehachapi's at MP 377.0, north of Mojave. The classic SP signal bridge here is not only framming the circus train but an all EMD consist a... (more)

UP 3820 leads the SLVPX 21 through downtown Kelso. Behind the power is 61 cars of the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey blue unit circus train.

With a light mist falling, a Dodge truck carefully negotiates four boxes of circus equipment onto the one of 19 flat cars on RBBB's Red Unit. It takes around a total of six hours to load the ninet... (more)

The circus is in town! The final elephant of the Ringling Brothers Red Unit Tour slowly exits one of four animal cars. Special thanks go to the Ringling Bros. employees for allowing me to get this... (more)

Employees of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus watch as the Elephants are loaded on the train; it’s amazing to watch the Elephants climb into the railcar with only vocal instructions... (more)

Members of the RBBX Circus Train get some fresh air in Pittsburgh.

The Ringling Brothers blue unit circus train sails downgrade through Jutland towards its ultimate destination the Prudential Center in Newark NJ.

The Greatest Show On Earth arrived in Grand Rapids last week for its annual performance. Here, the train sits briefly awaiting switching orders from Norfolk Southern's Hughart Yard dispatc... (more)

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train is being stored on the Vasona Branch in Campbell, Ca. while the circus is in San Jose. This is a section of the train that has been split to avo... (more)