
Track maintenance could be the culprit when it comes to a pair of train derailments near the town of Guernsey in a three month stretch late last year and early this. The Transportation Safety Board has written a letter to Transport Canada regarding rail safety. It says in both cases the suspected causes appears to […]
A preliminary report on the February 6 derailment of a CP Rail train near Guernsey has been released and it shows no mechanical defects were found on the train The report on the incident, that saw 31 cars come off the tracks with 19 of them catching on fire, adds a review of the locomotive […]
The Saskatchewan government says about 1.2 million litres of oil spilled during a fiery train derailment in a rural area last week. The amount of oil recovered is still being determined, but a significant portion was burned off, the province’s Environment Ministry said in an email Tuesday. The Canadian Pacific Railway freight train jumped […]
Residents of the village of Guernsey were able to return home Friday after this week’s train derailment. About 80 people had to leave their homes after a CP train carrying crude oil derailed just east of the village on Thursday morning. Of the 104 cars, 31 of them derailed, with another 12 catching fire. While […]
The reeve of a Saskatchewan municipality where a second fiery train derailment has occurred in less than two months says it’s time for the federal government to look more seriously at pipelines to move oil. Jack Gibney of the Rural Municipality of Usborne says “oil is going to move one way or another.” “We have […]
The Transportation Safety Board says a fire continues to burn at the site of a train derailment near Guernsey meaning investigators can’t access the site. One investigator has arrived on the scene near the village, about 115 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon, and another is on the way. The CP train carrying crude oil jumped the […]
Officials say no injuries or fatalities have been reported from Thursday morning’s train derailment just east of the community of Guernsey, Saskatchewan. Marlo Pritchard, president of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, confirmed the news at a media conference Thursday afternoon in Regina. Guernsey had 85 of its residents evacuate to Lanigan after the village declared […]
UPDATE – RCMP say Highway 16 is closed and the community of Guernsey has now been evacuated after another train derailment west of the community. The junction with Highway 20 is also closed. At 6:00 a.m. this morning RCMP responded to the CP train derailment just east of Guernsy. The RCMP have closed a portion […]
The Transportation Safety Board says about 1.5-million litres of oil was lost in the Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailment and fire on Highway 16 between Plunkett and Guernsey earlier this week. Thirty-three oil tank cars and one hopper car derailed, while about 20 were breached, spilling product that became engulfed in flames that burned […]