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Undetected broken rail led to fiery  train derailment in Saskatchewan: report

Undetected broken rail led to fiery train derailment in Saskatchewan: report

Oct 5, 2023 | 4:11pm
A Transportation Safety Board of Canada report says an undetected broken rail led to a fiery train derailment in Saskatchewan in 2019 that spilled about 1.77 million litres of oil.  The Canadian Pacific Railway train, which had 101 cars mostly filled with oil, had been loaded in Alberta and was headed to Oklahoma.  Just after midnight, the train was travelling east […]

CP Rail investigating derailment near Drinkwater

Mar 13, 2022 | 5:49am

An investigation continues this morning into a train derailment near the village of Drinkwater, which is located on Highway 39, southwest of Regina. Canadian Pacific Railway officials said the freight train was hauling corn when it derailed yesterday morning. There were no injuries and no public safety concerns, C.P. said. Drinkwater is located approximately 50 […]

Train derailment blocks Highway 20 in Craven

Dec 29, 2021 | 5:26am

UPDATE – There were no injuries and are no public safety concerns after a CP train derailed in Craven around 10:00 p.m. Tuesday night, blocking a portion of Highway 20 near the Country Thunder grounds. Dayna Anderson, Deputy Mayor of the Village of Craven, said the cars were hauling potash. On it’s Facebook page the […]

No one injured after train derails northwest of Swift Current

Jul 28, 2021 | 3:26pm

No one was injured after a train derailed Tuesday afternoon just outside of Cabri. Swift Current RCMP responded to the scene, which involved six cars leaving the tracks. Highway 32 was closed during the initial response to the incident, but has since reopened. The investigation has been reported to the Transportation Safety Board, who is […]

Detours in place after train derails northwest of Swift Current

Jul 28, 2021 | 6:09am

Swift Current RCMP are asking motorists to avoid Highway 32 near Cabri Wednesday morning, after a train derailment Tuesday evening adjacent to the highway. Police say no one was injured in the incident, and that detours are in place for the time being. Cabri is about 40 minutes northwest of Swift Current. More information is […]

Sask. farm blocked off after train derailment

Jul 8, 2020 | 3:33pm

A Saskatchewan farmer woke up to an unexpected inconvenience Wednesday after a train derailed overnight Tuesday, blocking her property. Joy Guider, who lives near Halbrite, says she heard a lot of noise during a storm that hit the area Tuesday, but she thought that it was something else. “We were having a storm and the […]

Police on scene of train derailment southeast of Weyburn

Jul 8, 2020 | 6:25am

The Highway Hotline says police are on the scene of a train derailment Wednesday morning along Highway 39, about 25 kilometres southeast of Weyburn. Traffic is down to one lane and delays are to be expected while clean up operations take place. Train derailment near Hallbrite #SkHwy39 Traffic is down to one-lane. Reduce speeds and […]

Guernsey train derailment led to 1.2 million litres of oil spilled

Feb 11, 2020 | 12:42pm

  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 […]

Guernsey residents returning home after Thursday’s train derailment

Feb 8, 2020 | 8:06am

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 […]

Fire keeping investigators away from Guernsey train derailment

Feb 7, 2020 | 12:20pm

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 […]

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