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Locomotive crash in 1896 near Waco draws 40,000; deadly explosion shocks spectators and reshapes railroad history | Weird Wild West

On a warm September day in 1896, a quiet field about 15 miles north of Waco became the epicenter of one of the most unusual and tragic spectacles in Texas history: the Crash at Crush, a staged head-on ...
KCTV News

Here's how you can see the world's largest operating steam locomotive

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is in Kansas City, Missouri. Union Pacific’s No. 4014, aka “Big Boy,” arrived at Union Station Tuesday evening and will be ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

How about this spectator sport: Purposely crashing two locomotives head on. Really.

Joseph S. Connolly, known as “Head-on Joe,” brought his steam engine crashing show to Fort Worth in 1907. Star-Telegram archives Newspapers.com America loves fads, and Joseph S. Connolly was a master ...
KSHB Kansas City

Osawatomie, Kansas, relives railroad past with visit from Big Boy Locomotive No. 4014

OSAWATOMIE, Kan. — On Tuesday, residents of Osawatomie, Kansas, took a walk through their town history with the 30-minute stop of Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive. "Forty years of ...
KSDK

World's largest steam locomotive, Big Boy, to stop in De Soto on Sept. 12

DE SOTO, Mo. — The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is expected to make a stop in De Soto on Thursday, Sept. 12. Union Pacific Railroad announced that its famed Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive ...