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Ringling Brothers Circus Train 2017

The year 2017 marks the last year for the famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus train, This gallery shows various New England movements of the train. The highlight was the Pan Am Railways appearance of the twin FP9 locomotives usually reserved for the office car special. This gallery also shows the freight train WAAY (Waterville, ME to Ayer, MA) that moved the FP9s South on 4-15-17.
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For the final time in its storied career, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train arrives in Worcester with a P&W crew using a mix of CSX and NS power, 4-11-17.
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For the final time in its storied career, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train arrives in Worcester with a P&W crew using a mix of CSX and NS power, 4-11-17.

  • For the final time in its storied career, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train arrives in Worcester with a P&W crew using a mix of CSX and NS power, 4-11-17.
  • In preparation for the circus train move on Monday, Pan Am added both of the FP9 locomotives normally used on the office car special to Westbound train WAAY (Waterville, Maine to Ayer, Massachusetts). This would allow them to be moved toward Worcester. They will be utilized to lead the Circus train North to Manchester. The train is seen here in Lowell, 4-15-17.
  • In preparation for the circus train move on Monday, Pan Am added both of the FP9 locomotives normally used on the office car special to Westbound train WAAY (Waterville, Maine to Ayer, Massachusetts). This would allow them to be moved toward Worcester. They will be utilized to lead the Circus train North to Manchester. The train is seen here at Cross Road in the Bradford section of Haverhill, 4-15-17.
  • In preparation for the circus train move on Monday, Pan Am added both of the FP9 locomotives normally used on the office car special to Westbound train WAAY (Waterville, Maine to Ayer, Massachusetts). This would allow them to be moved toward Worcester. They will be utilized to lead the Circus train North to Manchester. The train is seen here in Tewksbury, 4-15-17.
  • In preparation for the circus train move on Monday, Pan Am added both of the FP9 locomotives normally used on the office car special to Westbound train WAAY (Waterville, Maine to Ayer, Massachusetts). This would allow them to be moved toward Worcester. They will be utilized to lead the Circus train North to Manchester. The train is seen here at Power Company Road in Tewksbury, 4-15-17.
  • In preparation for the circus train move on Monday, Pan Am added both of the FP9 locomotives normally used on the office car special to Westbound train WAAY (Waterville, Maine to Ayer, Massachusetts). This would allow them to be moved toward Worcester. They will be utilized to lead the Circus train North to Manchester. The train is seen here in Lowell, 4-15-17.
  • In preparation for the circus train move on Monday, Pan Am added both of the FP9 locomotives normally used on the office car special to Westbound train WAAY (Waterville, Maine to Ayer, Massachusetts). This would allow them to be moved toward Worcester. They will be utilized to lead the Circus train North to Manchester. The train is seen here in Lowell, 4-15-17.
  • In preparation for the circus train move on Monday, Pan Am added both of the FP9 locomotives normally used on the office car special to Westbound train WAAY (Waterville, Maine to Ayer, Massachusetts). This would allow them to be moved toward Worcester. They will be utilized to lead the Circus train North to Manchester. The train is seen here in Lowell, 4-15-17.
  • In preparation for the circus train move on Monday, Pan Am added both of the FP9 locomotives normally used on the office car special to Westbound train WAAY (Waterville, Maine to Ayer, Massachusetts). This would allow them to be moved toward Worcester. They will be utilized to lead the Circus train North to Manchester. The train is seen here at Meadowbrook Road in Chelmsford, 4-15-17.
  • In preparation for the circus train move on Monday, Pan Am added both of the FP9 locomotives normally used on the office car special to Westbound train WAAY (Waterville, Maine to Ayer, Massachusetts). This would allow them to be moved toward Worcester. They will be utilized to lead the Circus train North to Manchester. The train is seen here at CPF 307 in Westford, 4-15-17.
  • In preparation for the circus train move on Monday, Pan Am added both of the FP9 locomotives normally used on the office car special to Westbound train WAAY (Waterville, Maine to Ayer, Massachusetts). This would allow them to be moved toward Worcester. They will be utilized to lead the Circus train North to Manchester. The train is seen here at CPF 307 in Westford, 4-15-17.
  • PAR 2 leads the light engine move South just as dawn breaks over Central Massachusetts. The consist passes the abandoned train station in Lancaster and is headed to Worcester to pick up the circus extra from the P&W, 4-17-17.
  • In the spirit of the circus train movement, the conductor of the Southbound light power is dressed as a clown. This light power movement provided a rare opportunity to photograph PAR 2 leading. Photo taken in Clinton, MA 4-17-17.
  • In the spirit of the circus train movement, the conductor of the Southbound light power is dressed as a clown. This light power movement provided a rare opportunity to photograph PAR 2 leading. Photo taken in Clinton, MA 4-17-17.
  • Light Power, Sterling, MA 4-17-17.
  • Pan AM power lead by FP9 PAR 2 heads South light over the Wachusett Reservoir bound for Worcester. The engines will meet at Barbers with the Providence & Worcester and take the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus train to Manchester, NH with FP9 PAR 1 leading, 4-17-17.
  • Providence & Worcester brings to the Circus Extra through downtown Worcester to interchange with Pan Am at Barbers, 4-17-17.
  • Coaches at Worcester, 4-17-17.
  • Generator car at Worcester, 4-17-17.
  • PAR 2 lead the light engines South out of Ayer to interchange with the Providence & Worcester and pick up the Circus Extra which is bound for Manchester, NH, 4-17-17.
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