these pictures are from a Show at Bandana Sq in St Paul MN  Oct 2013

our street parade  11 blocks  or one mile and one tenth

all in HO

some of the John Robinson  cottage cages in HO

4 differnent  years of the Charging Tiger wagon

four new CJ Mack canvas trucks arriving on our lot

pictures of the Head show at CW 2013 by Chris Greider

our circus parade

had our circus parade in Madison Wis   show  this weekend   8/22/13

our circus in HO scale

been working on our Ho circus again     first picture is our big top  and the second is the  midway with side show and menageri  

the Ringling A/C wagpms pf 1939 to 1942

 

Ringling had 8 of these wagons  from  1939 to 1942    in the front of the wagon was a ice bunker that a huge fan in the rear blew air over the ice and thru a tube that attached to two pipes in the top of the wagon     the tubes were also attached to the top of the big top    a interesting note is also in the rear was a heating unit so that in cold weather they could heat the tent  with the same units 

The wagons were numbered  160 to  167   and were  16 and 1/2 ft long 8 ft wide and 10 tall built by Southern Iron and Equipment Co .  Buffalo Fordge handled the design  and fitting of both the A/C and heating equipment.   The Fans were capable of handling 17,000 cu ft of air per  miniute and wer driven by GE 3 hp Electric motors   Each Ice bunker helt 6.000 lbs of ice  and operated  on much the same principle as todays evaporative cooling systems.

 

 

three new wagons added to my Great Circus parade  train

 

Italian band wagon   english band wagon and  wedding cake