Two of the three Long Island Railroad engines that will pull the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train.
Three Long Island Railroad 1500 engines that will pull the circus train.
Hooking up a concession car.
The Long Island Railroad crew waits to move to another car.
The lead engine, number 161.
The second engine, number 154 .
The last car, number 153, moves onto another track to latch another series of cars.
153 is being guided to another hook-up.
Moving to connect to the passenger cars.
Waiting for the connection to be made.
The lead engine.
The second and third cars now connected to the passenger cars.
The lead engine moves down the track.
161 rolls slowly down the track.
161 roars as it approaches pulling a short string of 8 cars.
154 passes.
The last engine, 153, passes.
Waiting to be coupled.
Guiding a circus utility car onto a siding.
This car will be connected to the last of the passenger type coaches.
With the utility car out of the way the engines move to pickup more passenger type coaches.
The engines are starting to pull 9 coaches down the siding.
A string of living quarters coaches are pulled ahead so that more cars can be connected.