Ringling Bros. Circus Coming to an End.

[jmslakings]

After 145 years, Greatest show on earth is closing. No word on what will happen to the train. You guys on the East coast keep your cameras handy.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/r ... et_1404235

[dejoh]

https://youtu.be/IkU_4NrIC-I
Very recent video.

[NStrains]

PDF file from Trains magazine that shows both Red and Blue train final routes.

http://trn.trains.com/~/media/files/pdf ... strain.pdf

[AmericanSteam]

Sad to see it go. I remember unloading the animals and parading them through town.

[buzz456]

Animal rights coo-coos destroy another great American institution.

[Chacal]

More probably it was destroyed by other forms of entertainment.
But yeah, if a great American institution is based on cruelty, it's a good thing to see it stop.
It happened to slavery in the 1860s and it wasn't a big loss.

[buzz456]

Cruelty? These may be the most pampered animals on Earth. Read about the whole situation before making a feckless remark like comparing it to slavery.

[Bananarama]

These may be the most pampered animals on Earth.

You are misinformed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECspj0daAlE

[goddrauG]

These may be the most pampered animals on Earth.

You are misinformed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECspj0daAlE

PETA? You mean the same people who bought and released a whole bunch of saltwater lobster into a Montana river?

[Chacal]

Cruelty? These may be the most pampered animals on Earth. Read about the whole situation before making a feckless remark like comparing it to slavery.

I did. You didn't.

That said, it wasn't the main factor in the decades-long diminishing attendance in circuses.
Ringling was just unable to adapt to changing times.

FTA: "Try getting a 3- or 4-year-old today to sit for 12 minutes," he said.

[buzz456]

Gag me.