U.S., North Carolina: NCDOT bought part of a Ringling Bros. circus train and now isn’t sure what to do with it

By Richard Stradling, The News & Observer; February 26, 2020

NASH COUNTY

When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shut down in 2017 it donated or sold off the railroad cars that made up the two, mile-long trains that carried performers, animals and equipment to shows around the country.

Nine of those train cars ended up on a state-owned rail line deep in the woods of Nash County, where they’ll likely remain until their owner, the N.C. Department of Transportation, figures out what to do with them.

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