EDMONTON – A train derailed near the Alberta community of Niton Junction Monday night.
The train had about 60 rail cars full of stone when it derailed around 10:30 p.m. Ten cars went off the tracks, spilling their loads of stone.
Edson RCMP said the train wasn’t carrying any hazardous goods and no one was injured. Police added that the derailment didn’t happen near any waterways and didn’t cause any roads to be blocked.
CN had crews on the way to the site Tuesday morning. The track was cleared Tuesday afternoon.
Niton Junction is 150 kilometres west of Edmonton.
Monday’s derailment comes as the cleanup continues at the scene of a derailment involving a Canadian Pacific Railway freight in Banff National Park last Friday.
Material known as fly ash was in some cars that jumped the tracks into 40 Mile Creek near the Banff townsite.
Parks Canada has said that all but one of the cars has been hauled out, but the challenge is to ensure that spilled material isn’t disturbed before it can be removed from the icy creek.
With files from The Canadian Press
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