Train cars leave the tracks in B.C.’s Kootenay region near Alberta’s boundary
Twelve empty Canadian Pacific Kansas City train cars derailed near Elko, B.C., with no injuries reported; cleanup completed and rail line reopened, investigators probing cause.
- A Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed near Elko, British Columbia, on Tuesday evening, involving 12 empty cars.
- Federal investigators have been dispatched to examine a train derailment that took place close to Elko, B.C., near the border with Alberta.
- CPKC crews cleaned the site overnight, and the rail line has since reopened, while investigators deployed by the Transportation Safety Board look into causes.
- A spokesman confirmed the derailment happened around 8 p.m., no injuries occurred, and 12 empty cars left the tracks near Elko, about 330 kilometers southwest of Calgary.
- The investigation aims to gather information and assess the derailment's cause, indicating ongoing federal oversight of rail safety in the region.
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Train cars leave the tracks in B.C.'s Kootenay region near Alberta's boundary
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CALGARY — Federal investigators are looking into a train derailment in British Columbia’s Kootenay region near the Alberta boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says in a statement that a team is being deployed to the site near Elko, B.C., where investigators will gather information and begin to assess what caused the derailment. A spokesman with rail operator Canadian Pacific Kansas City has confirmed the derailment at about 8 p.m. Tuesday,…
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