Early this week, a mile-long line of silvery circus cars screeched to a stop in the railyard near the Midtown Tunnel. In the sweet spot at the front of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ...

Prior to commencing the column at hand, we're trying something new, and beginning, rather than concluding the column with, "Have a nice week, and God bless America." There, now try leaving that one on ...

The famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train passed through Salisbury on Monday on its way to Asheville. The mile-long train has 61 cars carrying the entire circus except for the ...

The idea for piggybacking — hauling truck trailers on flatbed train cars — might have been spawned in the late 1800s with the circus trains that crisscrossed the country. Some of the flatbed cars on ...

They thundered across the country like moving cities—mile-long steel convoys packed with elephants, acrobats, and entire worlds of wonder. Then, almost overnight, they vanished. This is the forgotten ...

The circus trains will be on display at Morris Arboretum in Chestnut Hill until July 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the week, and 5 p.m. over the weekend. The arboretum will be open until 8:30 p.m.