Railfans all across Massachusetts swarmed along the Pan Am Worcester - Ayer route when Pan Am decided to put their OCS F-Units on the head of one of the last-ever Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bail... (more)
To the delight of railfans across New England, Pan Am Railways decided to use the FP9 locomotives normally reserved for the office car special to lead their leg of the circus train move. The FP9s ... (more)
PAR 2 lead the light engines South out of Ayer to interchange with the Providence & Worcester and pick up the Circus Extra which is bound for Manchester, NH.
For the final time in its storied career, there Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train arrives in Worcester with a P&W crew using a mix of CSX and NS power.
After starting a small brush fire and walking the train for over two hours the circus extra finally gets under way as it crosses the wachusett reservoir