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.

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 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.

On Friday, some of the incoming students found out in a cool way that they had been accepted. The Boilermaker Special, a "train" built on a truck chassis, stopped by to give them a ride. 83 students ...

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 ...

She had last hitched a Boilermaker Special ride in 2004, when she retired from work at the Purdue libraries. When her children – four Purdue grads and an Indiana University graduate – told her ...

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 ...

The Boilermaker Special VI, nicknamed the X-tra Special, will make its first official appearance during halftime of the Purdue and Ohio State University football game, said Kristy Olesky of the Purdue ...

-- The familiar toot of the Boilermaker Special, Purdue University's official mascot that resembles a locomotive, will be heard by alumni and fans at this year's away football games. The first stop ...