AUBURN - The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train lives on, in miniature form, thanks to a Shrewsbury model railroad enthusiast. “You’re not going to find another train like this anywhere,” ...

When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shut down in 2017 it donated or sold off the railroad cars that made up the two, mile-long trains that carried performers, animals and equipment to ...

Three years ago, the state Department of Transportation bought nine railroad cars from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, thinking it would one day refurbish them and use them on the ...

PITTSFIELD — Just checking in on Jack Trowill, the man who, for decades, would travel over hill and dale with his projector, his slides, his notes and his memories. He’d be at the beck and call of any ...

Some circus troops still use trains to get around today. Outside of Philadelphia’s circus history, many Americans have family histories related to working on the railroad. Turner’s own grandfather ...

Here are some of the more interesting events, deals, websites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently: ♦It may be winter, but kites will be flying Feb. 16-18 during Sky Circus on ...

On this night 130 years ago, Aug. 22, 1889, Barnum and Bailey’s Circus made an unexpected stop in Potsdam. Three circus trains were traveling from Gouverneur, where the circus had performed that ...