OKOTOKS, Alta. – Police in a southern Alberta community had to respond to an unusual call Wednesday when a runaway train car rumbled through town.
RCMP in Okotoks, just south of Calgary, say the wayward train car was empty and eventually stopped when it bounced off the tracks.
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No one was injured and there were no collisions as the rail car had activated safety barriers when it crossed intersections.
CP Rail (TSX:CP) says it is investigating and considers what happened to be a case of vandalism.
CP says the car travelled about 500 metres before it ran into a safety device called a derail, which stopped the train car.
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