Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Homer Elder was struck and killed by freight train No. VL-7 while patrolling the Panhandle Division's tracks near Point Bridge.
He and another sergeant had been dispatched to the area to remove a group of trespassers who were attempting to board slow moving freight trains.
Sergeant Elder was survived by his wife.
Survivors
Sergeant Elder was survived by his wife.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Elder served with the Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphpia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Elder.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Homer Elder is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, 22 of 36 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 61.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Homer Elder's cause is highlighted.
How Homer Elder Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Homer Elder is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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