The Circus Tent Grave Marker: Mass Grave of Circus Train Wreck Victims. On November 22, 1915, tragedy struck 6.5 miles east of Columbus when the Con. T. Kennedy circus train collided head-on with a passenger train. While the metal passenger cars held firm, the wooden circus cars crumpled, caught fire, and tragically claimed the lives of most of the animals and 15-24 circus workers. This unique tombstone, shaped like a tent, stands as a haunting memorial over mixed ashes from the wreck. A strange

Guilford Rail System (at the time) was just assimilated into the CSX Borg Collective, and of course the RBBB Circus Train left us several years ago. From the BKVP show "Northeast Rails, 2000-2002" https://rfd.video/NER2000 | Railfan Depot

Some practical joking, the RBBB Circus Train and more during the steam era on the Lehigh & Hudson River Railroad. From the John Pechulis Media show "Along the Bridge Lines to Maybrook" https://rfd.video/Maybrook | Steam Giants

A RBBB Circus Train works its way through Toledo, Ohio on the Penn Central in 1973. A New York Central caboose brings up the rear. From the Green Frog Productions show "Penn Central, Volume 4" https://rfd.video/PC4 | Railfan Depot

The Circus Train