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Casey Junior was one of the big stars of the 1941 Disney classic “Dumbo.” Casey Junior was the hard-working tender engine who hauled the circus train filled with animals from town to town.
The Hagenbeck-Wallace circus had just finished two shows in Michigan City, Ind., and was heading to Hammond when an empty troop train barreled into the circus train on June 22, 1918.
Scattered debris from the wreckage of the circus train wreck of 1918 is seen scattered throughout the vast area of the rescue and recovery acreage along the railroad tracks in Hammond.
Manoj Kumar is one of the last performers of the dangerous circus act called the ‘Globe of Death’ at the Great Golden Circus. To earn her love in return, he decided to train and become the ...
On a peaceful early fall evening in 1884, hundreds of local residents flocked to see the Orion circus, reveling in the never-before-seen spectacles and exotic animals.
As the U.S. entered WWI, the Ringling show employed about a thousand people—but forces that would reshape the circus industry had begun to emerge ...
Want to act like a monkey? You can. Just make sure you ride in the monkey car on the Casey Jr. Circus Train. The small train has two animal cars, one for those who want to be a monkey and another f… ...
The books that made their mark in 2022 The Circus Train is a cinematic tale, languorously crafted to immerse readers into the world of magic and subterfuge.
Casey Jr. can be found near the Fantasyland train station getting splashed by a crowd of circus animals, including monkeys, elephants and giraffes.