KINGSTON, Ontario — Six cars of a Canadian National train carrying hazardous materials derailed Friday in Kingston, Ontario, leading to a small chemical leak and collapsing a portion of a bridge, the CBC reports.
No members of the train’s three-person crew were injured. Two tanks cars of the 12-car train ended up in Little Cataraqui Creek, part of a marshland conservation area.
CN said today (Saturday, May 6) that a “limited leak” of adipic acid resulted from one of the cars, but that the leak had been controlled and poses no threat to public safety or drinking water. Original reports said no leaks had occurred after the train derailed about 10:35 a.m. Adipic acid is primarily used in the manufacture of nylon.
The derailment also included cars carrying hexamethlenediamine, used in texiles and plastics. The chemical cars were transporting materials for use by the plastics company Invista, according to Brad Joyce, Kingston commissioner of public works. Because the chemicals do not pose an airborne hazard, no evacuation was required, the CBC said in its initial report.
So the photo says Canadian Pacific and the story says Canadian National, which is it?
CN, Cataraqui Spur off the Kingston subdivision.