Author Richard M. Lytle is still surprised by how many Northwest Indiana residents have never heard of "the great circus train wreck of 1918" in Hammond. FYI: The book also is available at local ...

FOREST PARK, Ill. — The truth about the Showmen's Rest section of Woodlawn Cemetery is violent, heart-wrenching and touching — it needs no embellishing, it's interesting enough. But that didn't ...

The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus suffered one of the worst train wrecks in history in 1918, with more than 100 people injured and 86 killed. Wikimedia Commons The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus wasn’t the ...

Each year, from 1927 until the early ’90s, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train could be counted on to bring the greatest show on earth to towns all across America. The caravan was ...

Q — I am trying to determine the value of an American Flyer circus train. The train is completely original. The engine is No. 357. I have searched the Internet, contacted Lionel, and purchased train ...

I'm getting a lot of emails and messages on Facebook today and the last few days about this, so here's the latest on the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train heading into Raleigh tonight. I ...

Step right up this weekend and enjoy a trip to the circus aboard a vintage train, as the Valley Railroad's Circus Train and Big Top Show returns to Essex for its third year. A ringmaster will welcome ...

NASHUA – The Greatest Show on Earth was nothing more than an amusing distraction when it passed through the city Wednesday. A Ringling Bros. Circus freight train carrying animals and all sorts of gear ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — An elephant stretches its trunk through a window to soothe a sick child. A woman gives birth and three months later is back performing on the high wire. A handler of big cats weeps ...