Picture this: a herd of elephants flies past you at sixty miles perhour, followed by a streak of tigers, a pride of lion, and a bunch of clowns. What do you see? It must be a circus train! One of the first uses of the circus train is credited to W.C.Coup.He partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871 to expand the reach of theirnewly combined shows using locomotives. Before circus trains,these operators had to lug aroud of their animals,performers, and equipment with a team of more than 600 horses. Since there were no highways, these voyages were rough and took a long time. Circuses would would stop at many small towns between the large venues. Performing at many of these small towns was not very profitable.