Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Load out day! #3



We marched mostly single file and having already positioned  the ramps earlier in the morning we loaded straightaway.
Several of the guys would stand in the door of each car and lead the elephants to their positions as they were sent up.
I remember Ted saying one night "Five minutes flat!"

Posted by Buckles at 12/11/2013 05:10:00 AM

11 comments:

Chic Silber said...


How many men did you have in the

pachy team those years

11 December, 2013 09:21
Chic Silber said...


Was Camel John Rusche on the show

11 December, 2013 11:36
Buckles said...

Yes he was.

11 December, 2013 11:46
Buckles said...

I had a dozen or so in the department a number of which remain with Feld Entertainment until this day.

11 December, 2013 13:14
Paul Gutheil said...

Like Sonny Ridley?!

11 December, 2013 13:23
Chic Silber said...


I can't recall if the train was

down the river by the old wharves

& delapidated warehouses or where

11 December, 2013 13:46
Chic Silber said...


I believe Camel John had worked

for Jack Joyce for many years

I'm sure that Johnny would know

11 December, 2013 14:20
Chic Silber said...


Sonny & Jerry Sowalsky may be the

only folks outside of the family

that I would know there anymore

11 December, 2013 14:40
Chic Silber said...


& I think Peggy Williams might be

with the home office as well

I guess the home office may stay

split for a while between VA & FL

11 December, 2013 16:03
GaryHill said...

Camel John worked the cat door for Charly and Sonny worked under Axel.

11 December, 2013 19:17
Larry Louree said...

Sounds like today's Elephant Department has the same # of folks as in 1979, they just have 25% of the elephants (give or take!)

11 December, 2013 19:51

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