In 1896 a railroad crashed two trains head-on for fun and killed two spectators (opens in new tab)

On September 15, 1896, the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad crashed two unmanned locomotives into each other at speed as a public spectacle. The was the idea of passenger agent William Crush, who built a temporary town for the event and charged nothing to watch — the railroad made its money selling tickets on excursion trains to the site. — Read the rest The post appeared first on .