The Boilermaker Special leads the Purdue Boilermakers onto the field before the NCAA football game, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind.

Deputies confirmed two Purdue students were in the Boilermaker Special at the time of the crash — a 20-year-old from Noblesville (driver) and a 22-year-old from Rockport (passenger).

The Boilermaker Special is a truck modified to look like a 19th-century steam locomotive and is the official mascot of Purdue University. It is legal to drive on public roads and highways.

The Boilermaker Special, a train-like vehicle used by Purdue at sporting events, was involved in a fatal crash last week in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Believed to have blown a tire, the ...

Nominations are being accepted for the Special Boilermaker Award, given annually by the Purdue Alumni Association board of directors. The Purdue Alumni Association (PAA) established the Special ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - A Purdue University student from Rockport was involved in a deadly crash. It happened late Thursday afternoon on U.S. 52 in Tippecanoe County. Officials say “The ...

Purdue’s Boilermaker Special involved in deadly crash. Published: Apr. 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM EDT Two Purdue students who were in the Boilermaker Special were taken to the ...

According to WLFI via WKRC, the Purdue University train mascot "the Boilermaker Special" collided with another vehicle while driving down the highway. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

WEST LAFAYETTE − Purdue football's spring transfer portal additions have supplied help to special teams. Already with former Washington punter Jack McCallister, who spent the spring at Nebraska ...