Trains have a special history and place at the heart of Purdue. The Boilermaker Special has been Purdue’s official mascot since the 1930s to represent the school’s engineering heritage. Every year, ...
The first Purdue mascot, the Boilermaker Special, was a locomotive mounted on an automobile chassis. The 1940 mascot didn’t ...
Boilermaker Special The locomotive design of Purdue’s official mascot ... Purdue Pete What started as an advertising logo for the University Bookstore in 1940 has become one of Purdue’s most ...