Bob
29th August 2014, 16:43
A third time a CPR freight train has derailed in southern Saskatchewan in six weeks.
No leaks reported, but contents of derailed cars unknown. 33 cars were off the tracks.
SWIFT CURRENT, Saskatchewan — A Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed in southern Saskatchewan Thursday night, 7:30 p.m. east of Waldeck, which is about 200 kilometres west of Regina.
“There were containers scattered throughout the ditch, probably a good half mile of trains derailed,” Shields told Global Saskatoon.
“It was kind of surreal, it was huge.” (Pat Shields of Moose Jaw.)
Mounties said the tracks run alongside the Trans-Canada Highway, but no cars or debris from the derailment were on the road.
An officer said traffic will eventually be reduced to one lane so CPR can get in equipment to clean up the derailment.
It’s the third time a CPR freight train has derailed in southern Saskatchewan in six weeks.
On Aug. 11, a train collided with a tractor-trailer west of Caron on Monday afternoon, sending 21 empty cars and two locomotives off the tracks.
Twenty-four cars carrying asphalt, lumber and contained gasoline went off the tracks near Caron on July 16. There were no leaks, and no injuries or evacuations. (SOURCE (http://online.wsj.com/articles/canadian-pacific-freight-train-derails-in-saskatchewan-1405559100))
(Source (http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/supply-chain/sask-train-derailment-33-cars-leave-track-140134))
No leaks reported, but contents of derailed cars unknown. 33 cars were off the tracks.
SWIFT CURRENT, Saskatchewan — A Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed in southern Saskatchewan Thursday night, 7:30 p.m. east of Waldeck, which is about 200 kilometres west of Regina.
“There were containers scattered throughout the ditch, probably a good half mile of trains derailed,” Shields told Global Saskatoon.
“It was kind of surreal, it was huge.” (Pat Shields of Moose Jaw.)
Mounties said the tracks run alongside the Trans-Canada Highway, but no cars or debris from the derailment were on the road.
An officer said traffic will eventually be reduced to one lane so CPR can get in equipment to clean up the derailment.
It’s the third time a CPR freight train has derailed in southern Saskatchewan in six weeks.
On Aug. 11, a train collided with a tractor-trailer west of Caron on Monday afternoon, sending 21 empty cars and two locomotives off the tracks.
Twenty-four cars carrying asphalt, lumber and contained gasoline went off the tracks near Caron on July 16. There were no leaks, and no injuries or evacuations. (SOURCE (http://online.wsj.com/articles/canadian-pacific-freight-train-derails-in-saskatchewan-1405559100))
(Source (http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/supply-chain/sask-train-derailment-33-cars-leave-track-140134))