Like watching two steam locomotives crash in a head-on collision. No, really, they did. Staged crashes were a thing. This is the story of one that went spectacularly bad. In 1896, railroads had a ...
ABOVE: Two locomotives collide head-on in a publicity stunt in September 1896 at Crush, Texas. The photographer lost an eye seconds after this shot was taken, when the two trains’ boilers exploded.