Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus Train at Hoosac Tunnel - Last Time Ever! - Spooky Horn!
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- In the early morning hours of April 11, 2017 (around 1:45 AM!) the world famous Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey circus train (Red Unit) rolled through the historic Hoosac tunnel. This was the last time it will ever go through the tunnel since the circus is closing forever in May, 2017. I was glad to be able to make the trip over and see it!
This shot is from the East Portal in Florida, MA. The train had just come from North Adams, MA on the West side of the tunnel after departing Mechanicville, NY several hours earlier.
Being lead by CSX 3338 ([CSX] Boxcar Logo), CSX 582 (CSX Current scheme) and NS 8406, this trio was pulling 54 cars: 34 coaches and 20 flat cars.
Also, listen to that horn! Trust me, it was very creepy in the wee hours of the morning in the valley of the foggy Hoosac Tunnel!
#circustrain
#HoosacTunnel
#ringlingbrothers
After what I've heard of the Hoosac Tunnel with the hauntings I'm surprised anyone would get near there let alone at night. Good job thanks for posting it. Have a great day everyone
"The Greatest Show On Earth." It must be if it takes 60 rail cars to move all its people and equipment. It's always boggled my mind how the circus handled all that.
Great catch ! Thank you for recording a historical moment in time, and for losing sleep !!
Thank you! I was glad to be able to get there and catch it!
Thanx...All the feels on this one! Nostalgia galore for days gone by....bless all those animals, especially Dumbo!
The only train in the US that had regular dining service 3 times a day and 7 days a week. maybe Amtrak should buy the train and run it as a normal train on their route.
2 great bits of Americana coming together! Awesome catch! Thanks for posting this!
Thank you!
What a great catch! I miss the circus and it's trains greatly
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Gone forever thanks to the eco terrorists lies about the animals.
A true Staple in American history passing before our eyes one last time.....
I'm crying....
All gone due to leftist lies those animals were well cared for .
Great last catch!
Thank you!
What an appropriate ending. The circus just fades away into the darkness. :,(
Very cool piece of history.
Thank you, I was glad to be able to capture it!
Great video, thank you for sharing it with us.
Thanks, glad you like it!
Wow!!, l never realized the circus had so much stuff!!!
Spooky 🌙
We loved that show ...
Sad to know its gone :(
Another American icon erased forever they lied about the animals and got them shutdown it was the main attraction! These animals were their livelihood and well cared for constantly inspected we are losing American heritage and culture.
This circus is out of baraboo WI located in Sauk county wis.
Cost in 1870 Dollars: $21 million
Cost in lives lost: Nearly 200
Time to build: 1851/1875 24 years
Two million tons of rock were carved out of the Berkshire Mountain range to build the Hoosac Tunnel. Twenty million bricks were used to line the tunnel walls. The Hoosac Tunnel project took so long to complete that critics nicknamed it "The Great Bore."
As of 2023, approximately five freight trains per day operate through the tunnel. On February 12, 2020, the tunnel collapsed approximately 300 feet (91 m) from the West Portal North Adams side.
Great catch
Thanks!
It is sad to see them go.
The last time? Honestly I was always playing around that tunnel and I never ever remember it every going through North Adams. LOL Bummer I never saw it.
I'm actually not sure if it ever went through before, but since the circus is closing in May it's definitely the last time!
It's also always about being at the right place at the right time. Perhaps you always missed it.
Awesome
Thanks!
One last hurrah..
I bet that horn was awesome at 1:45 am. (I live near an airport - you don't hear it after a while.)
Wish I was there for that!
It was a great sight to see!
Nice i love the Horn, 2:38
0:30 ITS THE GHOSTLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
And that horn in the middle of the night was pretty ghostly too!
Awesome.
0:32 It’s the Ghost light!!
Yeah, Dude!
Fantastic video! Love the quality of the audio. Which cars carry the animals? I just wonder because it’s not obvious where the elephants would be.
Thank you! I'm not 100% sure, but from I looked up it seem that the first three cars were animal cars, then the car at @4:05 (has a big door with slotted windows and a a large, flat thing on the roof which I think is a ventilation fan) is what I'm pretty certain was the elephant car.
That's a long train.
I haven't actually counted, but per an informational website it has 55 cars and stretches 4,877 feet!
Are any of the older rolling stock being preserved?
I heard some will be going to historical societies, though I'm not sure which ones at this point.
IMR Films ok thanks
VRS has a PIE car
Man
If I only had a camera when they were making it to New York City a long the Hudson river on the west side going south
I saw it between West point and Bear mountain. I think it was the hell broke loose some time before the twin towers attack
That would have been a great shot! Beautiful area to catch trains. I ride Amtrak along that route a lot.
Good riddance! The elephants and tigers and zebras etc are cheering the end of a long tortuous ride!
Most of the animals went to other circuses, the elephants went to Ringling elephant facility so they can research them to help wild elephants. Circus is not torture.
Also, animals don't cheer.
There was no harm done to the animals
Circuses are pretty bad. Barnum & Bailey have been cited and fined numerous times, and their elephant facility is one big tuberculosis germ bowl.
Most ended up in far worse conditions euthanized or simply didn’t survive in the wild. Was all based on leftists lies shame on them.