PERU, Ind. (AP) --An old circus wagon built and housed in northern Indiana has been featured in an Illinois ceremony for a century-old train crash that killed 86 performers. The Kokomo Tribune reports ...

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 ...

The Illiana Garden Railway Society is bringing a bit of the big top to Valparaiso. Circus Train Day takes place June 6 at 295 N. Indiana 2. Although a smaller version of an American tradition, ...

"Zing Zang Zoom!" The circus is in town! But there's also lots of free and cheap fun stuff to do this week, including the Portland Pirate Festival, Historic The Dalles Days, family nature walks, food ...

BARABOO — A miniature model will help Circus World Museum visitors appreciate the grand scale of the old Ringling Bros. circus train. Model train builder and circus fan Joe Kaspar has donated to ...

As three parts of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus trains make their way to Baraboo, Joe Colossa and other former Ringling workers still are processing the end of the historic brand. When ...

Frank Spellman was a marvelous promoter, one of the best. The problem was, Frank was a circus manager, and he wasn’t very good at managing the circuses he promoted. Image of motorized circus train, ...

The Fremont Public Library in Mundelein and the North Central O Gauge Model Railroaders have planned a circus weekend featuring a unique exhibit of scale model replicas of circus wagons, trains, ...

This circus wagon and animals carved by Robert Harned are among several pieces purchased at an auction by Wendy Joliet. (University of Akron) AKRON, Ohio - Some of the historic circus memorabilia from ...

Whistle Music Ancr: Tracks Ahead. Brought to you by Kalmbach Publishing Company, producers of an online source for rail-related information, where you can discover model trains, toy trains, garden ...

Just before dawn on May 30, 1893, the Walter L. Main circus train carrying dozens of animals and performers ran off the tracks in an epic crash in central Pennsylvania. Five people, at least 50 horses ...