WAINWRIGHT, Alberta — Two Canadian National trains collided west of Wainwright about 10:30 a.m. today (Aug. 8), Global News reports. No injuries were reported.
CN, in a statement to Global News, said two of its trains “came into contact with each other, resulting in several derailed rail cars in various positions.” The railroad said no dangerous goods were involved, no fires were reported, and there was no risk to the local community.
Photos from the scene show at least two derailed locomotives as well as derailed double-stack and hopper cars; Wainwright Fire Chief Aime Smyl told Global News at least seven cars were derailed, and that some fuel had leaked as a result of the accident.
The cause is under investigation. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said it had been notified of the incident and was “gathering information to assess the occurrence.”
Wainwright is about 125 miles east of Edmonton on CN’s Wainwright Subdivision.
Time to install ATS? Sounds like somebody asleep at the switch?
Z11531 06 (Toronto-Calgary priority intermodal) ran into the side of S77181 04 (frac sand loads for Fort St John, BC) at the Wainwright West control point. The inbound (Saskatoon) crew on 115 overran the stopping point for their tradeoff with the outbound (Edmonton) crew, went through a stop signal and ran into the side of 771, which was crossing over out of the yard to depart ahead of them on the north track.
Looks like someone ran a red signal.
Happened at ‘the west end of Wainwright yard. Three tracks merge into one. Note the several boxcars that derailed. Canadian reporters don’t know anymore about trains than Americans.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9883219/alberta-train-derailment-wainwright-august/
It could have been much worse.
Dr. Güntürk Üstün
“came in contact with each other” lol
Sort of in line with Amtrak’s momentarily lost contact with the rail statementd