One at a time, they loaded the horses into the truck. The dapple grays and the chestnut mares were maneuvered onto a tractor-trailer where they nestled snugly together, wrapped in moving blankets.

“The herd’s coming home,” said Todd W. Goings, a carousel restorer in Marion, Ohio. For five years, the 50 horses of Coney Island’s historic B&B Carousell had been his charges. Now, the antique wooden animals were on their way back to Brooklyn with new coats of paint, new tails and refurbished joints.

“Can you push that guy to the wall so we can wedge this one in?” Mr. Goings called to a worker, as the truck was filled with the 36 jumpers (horses that go up and down) and 14 standers (stationary mounts).

This weekend, the horses of the old B&B will once again be spinning in the salubrious breezes on the Coney Island Boardwalk. Sandals will slip into newly fabricated stirrups. Sticky fingers will grasp freshly painted manes. And a piece of Coney Island history will be back.