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2016 Chester, Pennsylvania train derailment

2016 collision between train and backhoe
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Summary

2016 Chester, Pennsylvania train derailment is a train wreck[1]. It draws 93 Wikipedia views per month (train wreck category, ranking #78 of 305).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Delaware County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: derailment[5]
  • Item operated: Palmetto[6], backhoe[7]
  • Operator: Amtrak[8]
  • Location: Chester[9]
  • Point in time: April 3, 2016[10]
  • Number of deaths: 2[11], 0[12]
  • Number of injured: 41[13]
  • Start point: New York City[14]
  • Destination point: Savannah[15]
  • Investigated by: National Transportation Safety Board[16], Federal Railroad Administration[17]

Why It Matters

2016 Chester, Pennsylvania train derailment is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National transportation safety board report id → RAR1702
    Item operated → Palmetto, backhoe
    Sitelink count → 3
    Point in time → +2016-04-03T00:00:00Z
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-update:1| */ Applies to part: Triebfahrzeugführende, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect train driver → Triebfahrzeugführende ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedi"
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