1897 - 1902
Barnum & Bailey
European Circus Train
Flat Cars

35 Flat Cars were built to carry the show wagons. Due to the height of the wagons, the cars were designed with smaller wheels than normal flats would have. Built by contractor WR Renshaw of Stoke-on-Trent England The cars were 57 feet long.

The short car ahead for the locomotives is likey a buffer or barrier car with an American-style coupler on one end (for the cars) and a British-style coupler on the locomotive end.

Flat cars are seen at far left in this image.

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