Norfolk Southern Railroad Police Department
Norfolk Southern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, October 7, 1997
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolman William Reed Templin
Penn Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, May 19, 1974
Cause: Gunfire
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1968
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Harry MacLane Crawford
Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, March 19, 1965
Cause: Heart attack
Railroad Detective Herbert Mitchell Gash
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, July 29, 1958
Cause: Gunfire
Reading Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, November 22, 1957
Cause: Heart attack
Reading Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, June 15, 1954
Cause: Automobile crash
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, May 25, 1953
Cause: Struck by train
Sergeant John Holcombe Woodson
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, August 5, 1946
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Harley Leroy Kinnear
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, July 12, 1946
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, July 11, 1945
Cause: Heart attack
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, April 18, 1944
Cause: Explosion
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, February 28, 1942
Cause: Struck by train
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, December 17, 1941
Cause: Struck by train
Norfolk and Western Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, April 25, 1941
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Charles J. Westdhal, Jr.
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, December 11, 1939
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, November 3, 1939
Cause: Struck by train
Special Agent Thomas Adolphus Owens, Jr.
Central of Georgia Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, May 10, 1938
Cause: Gunfire
Assistant Special Agent William Joseph King
Alton Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, January 27, 1938
Cause: Struck by train
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, February 26, 1936
Cause: Vehicular assault
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, October 17, 1935
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent Omer Earl Davenport
Wabash Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, October 9, 1935
Cause: Gunfire
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1935
Cause: Gunfire
Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, July 19, 1935
Cause: Struck by train
Railroad Detective William Myrtle McIntyre
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1935
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, January 25, 1935
Cause: Struck by train
Railroad Detective Frank B. Lakey
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, January 10, 1935
Cause: Gunfire
Reading Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, April 18, 1934
Cause: Struck by train
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, November 3, 1932
Cause: Struck by train
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, August 10, 1932
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1932
Cause: Struck by train
Special Agent Charles Frederick Bryant
Wabash Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, December 16, 1931
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, November 8, 1931
Cause: Train accident
Detective Charles Russell Ladd
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, September 21, 1931
Cause: Struck by train
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, April 15, 1931
Cause: Gunfire
Wabash Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, January 23, 1931
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective Wilbur McKinley Brown
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, December 15, 1930
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent Glenn Lafayette Varnell
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, August 25, 1929
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer William Arthur Brown
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, February 27, 1929
Cause: Gunfire
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, August 2, 1928
Cause: Struck by train
Special Officer Frank J. Schimunek
Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, March 14, 1928
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Detective Sergeant Ambrose Banta
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, October 20, 1927
Cause: Struck by train
Detective Charles William Bound
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, August 27, 1927
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer Willie Joseph Young
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, January 16, 1927
Cause: Gunfire
Chicago and Alton Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, December 22, 1925
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent Henning Franklin Musselwhite
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, August 2, 1925
Cause: Train accident
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, October 10, 1924
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Railroad Detective Charles Henry Roeder
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, May 30, 1924
Cause: Train accident
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, March 21, 1924
Cause: Gunfire
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, February 18, 1924
Cause: Struck by train
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, November 24, 1923
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Edward Michael Brady
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, November 21, 1923
Cause: Struck by train
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, November 12, 1923
Cause: Struck by train
Railroad Detective William A. Daly
Chicago and Alton Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1923
Cause: Gunfire
Sergeant Joseph Windolph Lintner
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, June 23, 1923
Cause: Struck by train
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, February 14, 1923
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer Gerald W. Sibert
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, October 5, 1922
Cause: Struck by train
Lackawanna Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, September 15, 1922
Cause: Gunfire
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, September 3, 1922
Cause: Stabbed
Special Officer Eugene Malici Feaster
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, August 30, 1922
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer James Reedy Booth
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, August 30, 1922
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer George "Tex" Harper
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, January 6, 1922
Cause: Training accident
Lieutenant Lloyd Bernard Leaman
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, November 23, 1921
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer Travis W. Greer
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, January 4, 1921
Cause: Gunfire
Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, December 2, 1920
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, December 1, 1920
Cause: Struck by train
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, July 18, 1920
Cause: Automobile crash
Railroad Detective Berry John Butcher
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, July 10, 1920
Cause: Train accident
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, February 2, 1920
Cause: Gunfire
Special Agent Othello Lee Stringer
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, October 30, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Walter Henry Goscenski
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, August 3, 1919
Cause: Struck by train
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, April 17, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective Charles A. Lowery, Jr.
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, April 10, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, September 26, 1918
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective George Ziemba
Michigan Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, May 25, 1918
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective Boleslaus J. "Bernard" Wozniak
Michigan Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, May 20, 1918
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Michigan Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, May 17, 1918
Cause: Gunfire
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, February 16, 1918
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective Adolphus M. Biggers
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, February 15, 1918
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, September 10, 1917
Cause: Stabbed
Railroad Policeman William D. Bradley
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, July 13, 1917
Cause: Struck by train
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, June 25, 1917
Cause: Gunfire
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, June 13, 1917
Cause: Gunfire
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Police, RR
EOW: Monday, October 30, 1916
Cause: Assault
Railroad Policeman John Louis Beisser
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, October 20, 1916
Cause: Gunfire
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, September 21, 1916
Cause: Struck by train
Chief of Police Cornelius Joseph Leyden
Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, July 30, 1916
Cause: Explosion
Railroad Detective Frank V. Smith
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, May 28, 1916
Cause: Gunfire
Night Patrolman Herbert Vreeland
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, February 25, 1916
Cause: Struck by train
Special Agent Elmer Colby Matthews
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Police, RR
EOW: Wednesday, August 18, 1915
Cause: Gunfire
Special Policeman George E. Johnson
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1915
Cause: Train accident
Wabash Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, December 24, 1914
Cause: Train accident
Norfolk and Western Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, December 6, 1914
Cause: Gunfire
Wabash Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, November 9, 1914
Cause: Gunfire
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, September 12, 1914
Cause: Struck by train
Railroad Detective Moses Price
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, January 16, 1914
Cause: Gunfire
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, February 28, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1912
Cause: Gunfire
Erie Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1912
Cause: Gunfire
Night Watchman Frank David Mayrose
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, November 13, 1912
Cause: Struck by train
Railroad Detective Harry S. Murphy
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, April 29, 1912
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective Philip Kelley
Wabash Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, April 28, 1912
Cause: Struck by train
Norfolk and Western Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, April 1, 1912
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective Daniel C. Vreeland
Michigan Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, August 11, 1911
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Railroad Detective Frank J. Cook
Michigan Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, August 11, 1911
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, April 26, 1911
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer Christopher Reynolds
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, April 19, 1911
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective Oscar R. Spatch
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Police, RR
EOW: Tuesday, March 21, 1911
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer E. William Hendricks
Michigan Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, November 8, 1910
Cause: Struck by train
Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, October 28, 1910
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer John J. Cannon
Jersey Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, September 4, 1910
Cause: Struck by train
Special Officer Samuel H. Boyer
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, January 28, 1910
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer James C. Goforth
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Police, RR
EOW: Friday, December 17, 1909
Cause: Struck by train
Jersey Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, September 28, 1909
Cause: Struck by train
Railroad Detective Charles Frederick Silversides
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, July 12, 1909
Cause: Struck by train
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, June 30, 1909
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Detectives Frank B. Stiggers
Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, June 17, 1909
Cause: Gunfire
Night Watchman Thomas Edward Drawbond
Norfolk and Western Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, March 19, 1909
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective Edward B. Stanton
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, September 5, 1908
Cause: Gunfire
Special Policeman J. H. Crawford
Southern Railway Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, February 16, 1908
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer Hugh A. Goring
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, October 10, 1907
Cause: Struck by train
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, August 5, 1906
Cause: Struck by train
Special Officer William R. Rank
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Police, RR
EOW: Saturday, June 16, 1906
Cause: Gunfire
Railroad Detective Anton Wopat
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, April 17, 1906
Cause: Struck by train
Railroad Detective John Mahoney
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, April 13, 1906
Cause: Struck by train
Railroad Detective Austin E. Pate
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, August 25, 1904
Cause: Struck by train
Railroad Detective James Moran
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, September 7, 1902
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Jersey Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, July 4, 1902
Cause: Struck by train
Jersey Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, July 4, 1902
Cause: Struck by train
Special Policeman David McConnell
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Sunday, June 30, 1901
Cause: Train accident
Railroad Detective Jesse Shisler
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, October 16, 1899
Cause: Struck by train
Chicago and Alton Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Wednesday, October 12, 1898
Cause: Gunfire
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Friday, June 28, 1895
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer Augustus Fuchshuber
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, August 4, 1894
Cause: Struck by train
Chicago and Alton Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Monday, June 19, 1893
Cause: Gunfire
Special Police Officer Theodore Grote
Old Colony Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Thursday, September 11, 1890
Cause: Struck by train
Special Officer Patrick Hagney
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Police, RR
EOW: Monday, February 3, 1890
Cause: Gunfire
Special Officer Daniel Brassell
Chicago and Alton Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, April 17, 1888
Cause: Gunfire
Chicago and Alton Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, April 3, 1888
Cause: Gunfire
Special Police Officer William B. Snow
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, December 28, 1886
Cause: Struck by train
Police Officer William R. Plummer
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, November 25, 1879
Cause: Struck by train
Kentucky Central Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1870
Cause: Stabbed
Norfolk Southern Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Cause: Struck by train
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR
EOW: Tuesday, June 9, 1896
Cause: Struck by train
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 142
- Assault 1
- Automobile crash 3
- Explosion 2
- Gunfire 72
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 6
- Heart attack 3
- Stabbed 3
- Struck by train 43
- Train accident 7
- Training accident 1
- Vehicular assault 1
By Month
- January 9
- February 13
- March 5
- April 17
- May 8
- June 10
- July 15
- August 15
- September 12
- October 13
- November 12
- December 13
By Gender
- Male 142
- Female 0
K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 2
- Struck by train 2
Predecessor Agencies
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department
Cleveland, OH
5 Fallen Officers
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department
Cleveland, OH
10 Fallen Officers
1 Fallen K9
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department
Harrisburg, PA
1 Fallen Officer