Tucked away in the woods of Nash County is the last place you'd expect to find nine old railroad cars from the 1960s Barnum & Bailey circus. Sadly, the vacant train caught fire on Thursday morning – ...

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 ...

Fire heavily damaged several former circus train cars that the N.C. Department of Transportation was storing in the woods in Nash County. Nash County Sheriff's Office Fire broke out Thursday on a ...

Three years ago, the state Department of Transportation bought nine railroad cars from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, thinking it would one day refurbish them and use them on the ...

Prior to commencing the column at hand, we're trying something new, and beginning, rather than concluding the column with, "Have a nice week, and God bless America." There, now try leaving that one on ...

Correction: The Ringling Bros. circus bought the car in 1978 for the Monte-Carlo circus. Later one of its bandleaders lived in the car for a year. An earlier version of the story combined those two ...