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Viewing Album:  Circus Train - Headquarters!
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:6/25/2022 - 6/25/2022
Album Info:Those of you who have been viewing my pictures for a while may remember the album from back in 2015, when the Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey Blue Circus Train made one of its last runs: http://railfan3145.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=112121 The circus is gone, and the trains run no more, but some of their cars are preserved at the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Baraboo was the winter headquarters of the circus, and the shops for the train are still located there! Unfortunately, they're not part of the tour, but you can still see a handful of freight cars outside the fence (and a few hiding behind the trees inside). Better yet, the Circus World Museum has several on display - ones that you can even go in! Enjoy the album!
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Flatcars
Title:  Flatcars
Description:  There is a fence around the old circus headquarters - except for the wagon shop!
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 6:58:18 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  87   Comments: 0
Old Switch
Title:  Old Switch
Description:  These were the tracks from which the circus train once emerged from the Baraboo Shop. Not used in 5 years, I guess!
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:00:04 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  88   Comments: 0
Sells-Floto Circus 58
Title:  Sells-Floto Circus 58
Description:  This flat car looks a little older than the ones the train used in its last days.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:01:12 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
Sells-Floto Circus 58
Title:  Sells-Floto Circus 58
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:01:58 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  75   Comments: 0
54 & 59
Title:  54 & 59
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:02:44 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  73   Comments: 0
59
Title:  59
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:04:24 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  70   Comments: 0
Wagon Shop
Title:  Wagon Shop
Description:  See the tracks leading in?
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:04:57 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  71   Comments: 0
54 & 59
Title:  54 & 59
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:05:42 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  79   Comments: 0
Remains of a Wagon
Title:  Remains of a Wagon
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:06:12 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  82   Comments: 0
Wagon Shop
Title:  Wagon Shop
Description:  Tracks out on the other side.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:06:53 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  79   Comments: 0
Wagon Shop
Title:  Wagon Shop
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:07:24 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  80   Comments: 0
54 & 59
Title:  54 & 59
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:07:59 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  75   Comments: 0
59
Title:  59
Description:  Cell phone chargers have been in use longer than you realize.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:08:42 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  79   Comments: 0
Circus Train Headquarters
Title:  Circus Train Headquarters
Description:  Well, this is how to get in...locked, so I did not go in.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:09:20 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  89   Comments: 0
Tracks Inside Fence
Title:  Tracks Inside Fence
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:09:55 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  85   Comments: 0
Old Switch
Title:  Old Switch
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:10:22 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  88   Comments: 0
Switch Into Museum
Title:  Switch Into Museum
Description:  That is Baraboos old CNW station in the background.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:11:08 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  92   Comments: 0
Bridge
Title:  Bridge
Description:  The bridge the circus train would have crossed when leaving town.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/19/2022 7:13:06 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  81   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description:  The Chicago & North Western Railway Depot, built in 1902.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 6:55:02 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  18   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description:  In its heyday, the station saw 16 trains a day.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 6:56:19 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  37   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description:  This is where all the circus trains used to pass on their way out for the tour!
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 6:57:27 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  23   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description:  After passenger service ended in 1963, the building was converted into a warehouse.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 6:57:57 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  21   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description:  It has fallen into disrepair, but the Sauk County Historical Society took over the depot in 2020, hoping to restore it soon: https://saukcountyhistory.org/baraboodepot
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 6:59:06 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  25   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 6:59:34 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  18   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:00:01 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  16   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:00:34 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  20   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description:  The depot once had a 300-foot-long canopy, the outlines of which you can still see on the side, protecting travellers from the weather.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:01:32 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  17   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:02:01 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  19   Comments: 0
Baraboo C&NW Depot
Title:  Baraboo C&NW Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:02:29 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  18   Comments: 0
Circus Train Headquarters
Title:  Circus Train Headquarters
Description:  Unfortunately, well-shielded by trees.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:03:54 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  26   Comments: 0
Circus Train Headquarters
Title:  Circus Train Headquarters
Description:  There are still at least a few flatcars parked back there.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:04:47 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  21   Comments: 0
Advertising Car No. 1
Title:  Advertising Car No. 1
Description:  I did not see this one the last time I saw the circus train - it was retired in 1955.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 10:55:06 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  101   Comments: 0
Advertising Car No. 1
Title:  Advertising Car No. 1
Description:  This car probably would have been separate from the other cars - it needed to arrive at its destination 2 weeks early to...you guessed it...advertise!
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 10:56:16 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  128   Comments: 0
RBBX 42013
Title:  RBBX 42013
Description:  This one Ive seen before! http://railfan3145.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4306972
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 10:57:34 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  90   Comments: 0
Advertising Car No. 1
Title:  Advertising Car No. 1
Description:  All the cars have that gaudy banner logo on the outside, but this one stands out above the others with all the art on the side!
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 10:58:31 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  110   Comments: 0
RBBX 42013
Title:  RBBX 42013
Description:  This was one of the clown cars!
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 11:00:03 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  99   Comments: 0
RBBX 42013
Title:  RBBX 42013
Description:  This actually spent most of its life on the Red Train (1973-96), took 10 years off, then came back on the Blue Train in 2006. Started life in 1950 as a Union Pacific coach.
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 11:02:06 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  105   Comments: 1
RBBX 42013
Title:  RBBX 42013
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 11:02:35 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  104   Comments: 0
RBBX 42013
Title:  RBBX 42013
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 11:03:18 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  98   Comments: 0
RBBX 42013 Advertising Car No. 1
Title:  RBBX 42013 Advertising Car No. 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/18/2022 11:04:15 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  98   Comments: 0
101 Ranch 24 and 29
Title:  101 Ranch 24 and 29
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 9:31:06 AM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  15   Comments: 0
101 Ranch 24
Title:  101 Ranch 24
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 9:31:41 AM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  17   Comments: 0
101 Ranch 29
Title:  101 Ranch 29
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 9:32:15 AM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  17   Comments: 0
101 Ranch 24
Title:  101 Ranch 24
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 9:32:51 AM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  8   Comments: 0
101 Ranch 24 and 29 & Advertising Car No. 1
Title:  101 Ranch 24 and 29 & Advertising Car No. 1
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 9:33:31 AM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  15   Comments: 0
RBBX 63006
Title:  RBBX 63006
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:06:54 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  30   Comments: 0
RBBX 63006
Title:  RBBX 63006
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:07:25 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  41   Comments: 0
RBBX 63006
Title:  RBBX 63006
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:07:57 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  35   Comments: 0
RBBX 63006
Title:  RBBX 63006
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:08:30 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  36   Comments: 0
RBBX 63006
Title:  RBBX 63006
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2022  Upload Date: 7/26/2022 7:08:55 PM
Location:  Baraboo, WI
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  40   Comments: 0

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