The original wagon, built in 1902 before Ringling Bros. purchased the Barnum & Bailey Circus, is 28 feet long and stands 13 feet tall when measured to the top of the center flag.

Tiny trains, wee wagons and miniature midways reveal their creators’ big passion for all things circus at the regional Circus Model Builders’ annual show. Stephen Flint, ringmaster for the ...

He gave one wagon to a Ringling museum in Florida, and decided after a 2012 visit to give the ’47 circus train model to Circus World. He was looking to support a nonprofit that would make the ...

Some wagons have cast metal bodies, but Bonner has still built the wooden under-carriages with wheels that actually spin and turn. He also painstakingly paints the tiny models in cheerful circus ...

Another model exhibit -- this one of a 150-foot-long circus parade -- will be displayed in the building's second floor. Acquired by Tibbals, it was crafted by Harold Dunn, his modeling mentor.

The miniature calliope wagon in the animated parade at the Museum of Science and Industry's circus exhibit. 2010 photo. Adam Harrington/CBS 2 ...

He and members of the Circus Model Builders from throughout the country will bring their scale model circuses, wagons and trains to Eastfield Mall in Springfield Sept. 10-13.

The Donahue circus joins the museum’s own model, the W.R. Brinley Five Ring Miniature Circus. William R. Brinley, 85, of Meriden, said he knew Donahue and attended model-builders meetings with him.

As with a model train layout, certain "vehicles" moved around the perimeter of various stationary objects. In this case, a parade of circus wagons and animals moved around a collection of circus ...

For information on model circus builders, call Sheldon Endy at 767-1735. “Step right up folks, see the . . .” Originally Published: September 1, 1994 at 4:00 AM EDT ...

The Hubley circus, made from 1906 to 1919, even had an iron “Royal Circus” calliope wagon that carried a music-making machine. It came in several sizes. In October 2010, a 16-inch-long ...

For reference, he has relied on those circus books he’s collected over the years. He’s a member of an international group called Circus Model Builders that still puts out a magazine. Trowill laments ...