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 Purdue fight song, “Hail Purdue,” is written. The Purdue Alumni Association is formed. The Boilermaker Special (the official Purdue mascot in the form of a locomotive mounted on an automobile ...

The No. 13 Oregon Ducks take on the No. 17 Purdue Boilermakers. The teams square off Saturday for the first time this season.