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.

The Boilermaker Special, a vehicle made to look like a vintage train that serves as one of Purdue University’s mascots, was involved in a fatal highway crash this week that killed one person and ...

The Boilermaker Special is not just some cardboard cut on wheels. This train weighs in at 13,000 pounds and the Boilermakers claim it the world's fastest, heaviest, and, loudest college mascot.

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

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.

The Boilermaker Special, Purdue's official mascot, was northbound on U.S. 52 when the front driver-side tire blew, according to the sheriff's department investigation.

I first encountered the boilermaker in its Philadelphia-specific form, the Citywide Special. Throughout Philly, at least when I lived there, you could get a shot of whiskey and a tallboy of PBR ...

Flags are waved from the top of the Boilermaker Special while waiting for the Purdue Boilermakers to return after defeating Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight game, Sunday, March 31 ...