The History of the Crash at Crash

The crash at Crash is described as the first staged train wreck in the United States. But that September 15th 1896 event was actually predated by one staged by a man named Al Streater. He made arrangements to buy a couple of retired locomotives and decorated them. The two engines would pull flat cars loaded down with rocks. In the end though these two locomotives never wrecked. It was canceled at the last possible minute because spectators got too close and refused to move ruining it for everyone else, forcing him to cancel for safety reasons.