© Global NewsPolice in St. Albert, Alta., said emergency crews were called to an incident involving a train at a rail track at Veness Road and Poundmaker Road at about 7 a.m.
Emergency crews were called to a
train derailment in St. Albert, Alta., on Monday morning, but RCMP say no injuries were reported.
Police said
emergency crews were called to an incident involving a train at a rail track at Veness Road and Poundmaker Road at about 7 a.m.
"There are no reported road closures or traffic issues regarding the train derailment at this time," the RCMP said in a news release issued just after 9 a.m.
Police said drivers are asked to avoid the area while emergency crews remain at the scene.
The RCMP did not say how many train cars derailed or what, if anything, they were loaded with.Mounties said CN police were also at the scene.
Global News reached out to CN to learn more about what happened, how many train cars derailed, and what — if anything — they were carrying.
In an emailed response, the company did not say how many cars were involved or what they were loaded with, but noted "there are no reports of injuries, leaks, or fires and no crossings are currently blocked."
"The cause of the incident is under investigation," CN said. "CN wishes to thank local emergency services for their assistance."
Late Monday morning, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said it was deploying two investigators to the site of the train derailment.
"The TSB is gathering information and assessing the occurrence," the agency said in a news release.
In an email sent to Global News, a TSB spokesperson said while the agency continues to gather information, it has been told "that
multiple cars derailed.""We are not yet able to confirm the number of derailed cars or their contents."
Comment: 2 days
prior, on March 2nd:
Train hits debris on tracks near Agassiz, spilling diesel; 121 passengers affected
All passengers had to get off after a VIA Rail train hit debris on the tracks east of Agassiz, B.C., Friday evening, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) tells CityNews.
Terry Cunha, a media representative for CPKC, says the train travelling from Vancouver to Ontario suffered damage to the locomotive's fuel tank, leading to a diesel spill on the railroad.
"Local first responders helped to contain the spill, and an environmental team responded to further assess and work on clean up," Cunha said.
He says he does not know how much diesel was spilled.
VIA Rail had to arrange alternate travel for 121 passengers, the company tells CityNews in a statement.
"VIA Rail called in buses and all passengers were transported back to Vancouver, Kamloops, and Jasper," it said.
No injuries were reported.
CPKC, which owns that section of the track, is now working with the RCMP to investigate the incident.
This was the third train incident in B.C. in two weeks.
Over in Italy, also on March 2nd:
Train hits fridge dumped on tracks at Pompei Locomotive damaged
Passengers on the Circumvesuviana railway in the province of Naples got a nasty scare on Friday when a train hit a fridge that had been dumped on the tracks in the town of Pompei, the home of the famous Pompeii archaeological site.
The locomotive was slightly damaged but no one was hurt.
A bath tub was dumped on the tracks in the same area on February 20.
"It is not an act of vandalism or a prank," said Umberto De Gregorio, the head of Ente Autonomo Volturno, the local public transport company.
"They are criminals, saboteurs, terrorists".
The apparent spike in derailments is notable because they're occurring across much of the planet, but particularly in the West, and it seems to often be energy related cargo, and, in some cases, the authorities themselves are blaming 'sabotage':
26th Feb:
'Sabotage': Train derailment of iron ore in Sweden comes just 4 days after reopening following previous derailment
12th Feb:
118 tons of coal spill into river after 'track defect' derails train in CaliforniaThey're also occurring alongside a myriad of other suspect incidents, such as explosions and fires, some of which are also being directly attributed to sabotage:
That being said, it was -25oC last night. Do people who want to bring down the establishment have any idea what it would be like to survive here without an established network of food and energy supply?