The circus train passes Fernwood siding heading for Marshall Rd field
this picture is from Thomas J Leonard
I remember when I was little and my Dad would wake me in the middle of the night to watch and listen to the circus train pass our house on Church Lane. The tracks, right across the street in Cobbs Creek Park, went directly to the field on 69th and Marshall, where they would set up. The next day we would go up to the field and watch the men and animals set up the Big Top.
Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey pictures were taken in
Upper Darby, June 11, 1949
ramps being pulled off flat car #115
ramps being set on flat car #116
ramps being placed in position on flat car #115
flat car #116- 3 wagons
pole wagon being pulled down ramp from flat car #115
elephants being walked from train to show grounds
tractor unloading wagons down ramp from flat cars #116
car #46 "Utah"
horses being lined up beside livestock cars
general view of yard
mobile grandstand
truck and wagon unloading down ramp from flat car #115
5 comments:
Oh my gosh! totally random but i'm realted to barnum from that circus!!!
Thanks so much for sharing these photos. I grew up in Upper Darby and my family lived a short distance from this area. I belong to and was the fire chief of the fire company just behind Marshall Road Field. We will be 100 soon, I would love to share these photos...
Love these circus pictures. We lived on Normandy Road. My dad took my twin brother and I to see the circus arrive on June 11, 1949 - our 9th birthday. Wonderful thrill for a 9 year old.
Al Guckes
The picture of the train at the Fernwood location is at Second Street. The house on the left of the picture is the house that I grew up in.
I can remember in 1953 watching the tents being erected by elephants. It was during recess at Stonehurst Elementary School. We could look through the playground fence down to the field as they worked in setting up.
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