Wednesday, March 27, 2019

WHAT'S LEFT OF THE JOMAR


9 comments:

Chic Silber said...


After years of volunteers'

puttering & patching this

is the extremely sad state

of a famous rail car that

has been lost to history

The car's interior had been

gutted & burned years ago

She deserves a decent burial

Maybe she could be inducted

into the Circus Ring of Fame

Larry Louree said...

Didn't the Woodcocks live in this car too?

Chic Silber said...


Nope but maybe you're thinking

of the Hickory Creek but they

didn't live in that car either

Buckles mentioned that he had

done a trip or 2 on that car

I can't recall Buckles Blue

Show train car number but I

believe Frank & Barbara Perry

& also Elvin Bale lived in it

Perhaps Richard Reynolds might

know when the Jomar retired

Capt Snug said...

What Ringling car is in the Ringling Circus Pavilion in Sarasota?

Chic Silber said...


If you mean the Ringling Museum

it's the "Wisconsin" which was

only used by "Mr John" & Mabel

while the Jomar was being built

More was mentioned about both

of the cars yesterday under

"More Winter Quarters"

Clown Prince said...

Chic,
You and others here need to write a book. I hate to think how many great stories and valuable tidbits of show info will be lost with the passing of the last circus and sideshow generation...

boppabill said...

We need a Barbara/Buckles book and a Chic book and a Roger Smith book for us townies that never got the courage to run away and join the circus but could only achieve lot lice status.

Chic Silber said...


I can reed reedin but I can't

reed writin an my writin is

writ damn rotin

Fraid mine is a picture book

Chic Silber said...


In color of course