The history of Purdue's nickname and mascot stretches back more than 130 years. Purdue basketball is in the Sweet 16, playing Midwest No. 1 seed Houston on Friday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in ...

Eventually, the idea of a locomotive mascot mounted on an automobile chassis. The original Boilermaker Special spread Purdue spirit from 1940 to mid-1953. Purdue Pete has been Purdue's live-person ...

The Purdue Boilermakers’ mascot was involved in a fatal accident last week that left one person dead and two others seriously injured. The popular train mascot, the Boilermaker Special ...

Purdueisufb091022 Am06620 / Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK The Purdue Boilermakers' train mascot was involved in a crash on Thursday that killed one person and sent two others ...

One person is dead and two others are injured after Purdue University’s mascot train was involved in a deadly crash on an Indiana highway. Youtube/ WTHR A 20-year-old and a 22-year-old suffered ...

One person is dead and two others injured after Purdue University's Boilermaker Special mascot collided with a vehicle on a highway in Indiana, authorities said. The deadly crash happened Thursday ...

Purdue University’s official mascot, the Purdue Boilermaker Special, was involved in a fatal collision on the afternoon of April 24, the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office said. According to the ...

LAFAYETTE — Police say a tire malfunction may have caused the Purdue University mascot vehicle known as the Boilermaker Special to cross a median Thursday afternoon in Tippecanoe County and ...

The official mascot of Purdue University, The Boilermaker Special VII, was involved in a crash on US-52 at Wyandoette Road around 4 p.m. Thursday, according to WTHR. Deputies said the train was ...