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In this June 13, 2017 photo, two sleeper cars from a former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train sit temporarily parked on railroad tracks behind the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel in Scranton, Pa. The Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society, a railroad heritage group that has about 350 members nationwide and is based in Dunmore, Pa., acquired three train cars from the former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus that will be relocated to the society's Scranton, Pa., storage area. The two sleeper cars rolled into Scranton, Pa., on Sunday, June 11 and the third car, used to transport large animals including elephants, was scheduled to arrive in Scranton, Pa., later in the month after leaving Florida on Friday, June 9. (Jason Farmer /The Times & Tribune via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo, Chairman and CEO of Feld Entertainment, Kenneth Feld, poses for a photo, in Ellenton, Fla. Feld Entertainment, which owns The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press declining attendance combined with high operating costs are among the reasons for closing. Feld said when the company removed elephants from the shows in May of 2016, ticket sales declined more dramatically than expected. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush)
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In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, photo, a young Asian elephant named April belonging to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, plays with tires in her enclosure outside the American Airlines Arena in Miami. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ending its elephant acts a year and a half early, and will retire all of its touring elephants in May. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
