Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Restored Ringling Bros. circus sleeper car moved to Venice Historic Train Depot

To ensure safety, the move was not publicized and volunteers helped detour cyclists on the Legacy Trail to create a clear path as it made the half-mile trip from Uni-Glide Trailer Co. on Seaboard ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Museum in restored Ringling rail car celebrates relationship between the circus and Venice

Correction: The Ringling Bros. circus bought the car in 1978 for the Monte-Carlo circus. Later one of its bandleaders lived in the car for a year. An earlier version of the story combined those two ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Circus performers killed in Hammond train crash remembered 100 years later

For more than 100 years, the remains of 56 performers and roustabouts of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus lay at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park. Some were known only by nickname, such as Baldy and ...
The New York Times

23 KILLED IN A WRECK; Two Sections of a Circus Train Crash at Durand, Mich. Many Persons Injured and One Elephant and Two Camels Dead -- Engineer Says Air Brakes Would Not Work.

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ABC30 Action News

Circus performers killed in Indiana train crash remembered 100 years later

For more than 100 years, the remains of 56 performers and roustabouts of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus lay at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park. Some were known only by nickname, such as Baldy and ...