Revelstoke British Columbia - CP crews are busy doing clean up after a train derailed in the Big Eddy late Wednesday night.
 
The derailment took place just west of Highway 23 South as the train was heading west from Revelstoke at about 23:15 on Wednesday, 10 Sep 2014.
 
Several train cars could be seen lying on the banks of the track as crews cleaned up the mess on Thursday morning.
 
Salem Woodrow, a spokesperson for CP, said in an e-mail that four cars derailed.
 
"There were no injuries, no public safety issues, and no environmental concerns," she wrote.
 
"We expect to resume train operations later this afternoon."
 
The derailed cars were intermodal shipping containers.
 
Woodrow said she did not know their contents but there were no hazardous materials in the cars and nothing was spilled.
 
Rob Girard, Revelstoke's fire chief and emergency program coordinator, first learned of the derailment when he was contacted by the Times Review Thursday morning.
 
He said CP had not reported the incident to him, a fact that has him concerned.
 
"We want to go out and look. We should know about it," he said.
 
"That's pretty major in our community. We want to know, especially in light of what's been going on in terms of train derailments."
 
Girard attended the scene and said five cars derailed and that they were either empty or carrying hay.
 
He said he was preparing a report to council to let them know about the situation.
 
The city also wasn't notified about a 2010 derailment near McDonald's and a 2011 derailment in Albert Canyon alongside the Illecillewaet River upstream of Revelstoke.
 
"The city doesn't take this kind of stuff lightly," he said.
 
The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
 
We also contacted the Transportation Safety Board and Ministry of the Environment.

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