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this: a herd of elephants dies past you at sixty miles per
followed by a streak of tigers, a
of lions, and a bunch of clowns. What do you see? It
must be a cincus train? One of the first uses of the circus train is credited to W.C. Coup. He
partnered with P.T. Barum in 1871 to expand the reach of their newly combined shows using
That's another word for train You see, before trans, moving the circus was hard.
lug around all their animals, performers, and equipment with a team of more than
there were no highways, these voyages were rough and took a long time.
would stop at many small towns between the large venues. Performing at many of these
shall towns was not very profitable. Because of these limitations, circuses could not grow as
large as the imaginations of the operators After they began using circus trains, Barnum and
Coup only brought their show to large cities. These performances were much more profitable
and the profits went toward creating an even bigger and better circus. More stages or "rings"
were added and the show went on Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus relied on the
train to transport their astounding show until they went defunct in 2017.
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