They sure knew how to put on a show back then.
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Unexpectedly, the impact caused both engine boilers to explode
WHO COULD POSSIBLY HAVE FORESEEN THIS???
Well, at least I'm sure we learned some valuable less-
The story made national headlines, and Crush was immediately "fired" from the Katy Railroad.[12] In light of a lack of negative publicity, however, he was "rehired" the next day and continued to work for the company until his retirement, in a career spanning six decades.[13]
Incredible
Katy is such a shit hole, it makes sense they would have nothing better to do than kill 2 of its citizens through an unnecessary publicity stunt. It just makes too much sense.
This happened in 1896. Wasn't much else to do besides train crashing and watching executions.
But yeah, Katy do suck lol.
That was my reaction too. However:
Katy engineers assured Crush that his grand idea was safe, specifically that the boilers on the steam engines had been designed to resist ruptures and that, even in a very high-speed crash, they were unlikely to explode.
But the question remains: What made the engineers sure that the design was safe?
Omg this one is wild