Joe Connolly (Head-On) was a showman who staged train collisions. In a career that spanned 36 years, he destroyed 146 old locomotives in 73[1] shows. His first collision was in 1896 and the last in 1932, both at the Iowa State Fair.[2] He got the idea from watching the staged Crush, Texas crash.[3]

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  1. ^ Dixon, Glenn (May 5, 2000). "Head On : Crash fan Robert Carroll Reed celebrates the transformed machine". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. ^ Nelson, Derek (2003). The American State Fair. St. Paul, Minn.: MBI Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 0760319170.
  3. ^ Coffey, Dan; Eric Jones; Berit Thorkelson (2005). "Head-On Joe's Show". Iowa curiosities : quirky characters, roadside oddities & other offbeat stuff (1st ed.). Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 0762725486.
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