circus-in-milwaukeehttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/circus-in-milwaukee/Circus in Milwaukee | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20170307.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2022-01-272022-03-0443964
Crews unload wagons from flatcars as the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus sets up on Milwaukee’s lakefront sometime in the 1940s. RB&BB, the last circus to travel by train, will close for good in May 2017, ending a long rail and entertainment tradition.
C. P. Fox photo