Images of Amtrak 30th Street Station Yard view from John F.
Kennedy Boulevard.
Maintenance being performed on Amtrak's top of the line Acela, March 25, 2001.
The Philadelphia Art Museum commands the north horizon, March 25, 2001.
The American Flyer, Amtrak Acela, March 25, 2001.
Monday, December 10, 2001
Amtrak train kills 3 teens in Bucks
The victims, ages 14, 15 and 19, were walking along tracks in Falls Twp. The high-speed Acela could not stop in time.
By Matthew P. Blanchard and Angela Couloumbis
INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS
Three Bucks County teenagers who were walking along train tracks in a remote industrial area in Falls Township were struck and killed yesterday by a high-speed Amtrak train traveling at 100 m.p.h., authorities said.
The male victims, ages 14, 15 and 19, were hit from behind about 3:45 p.m. by a Washington-bound Acela train, police said. They were thrown as far as 150 yards by the impact, which also dented the front of the train.
Two other youths who were with them escaped uninjured and alerted police.
Authorities identified the victims as Raymond Jesse Kostar, 13; Eric Hopwood, 15; and Dan Slater, 19. They are all from Morrisville. The names of the survivors have not been released.
Amtrak Engine 772 a reminder of the days when the Pennsylvania
Railroad ruled this yard.
Photographed March 25, 2001.
date posted: March 26, 2001
last revised:
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
James E. Frizzell
Post Office Box 595
Kimberton, Pennsylvania 19442