Crowsnest Lake Alberta - Two locomotives and 46 train cars loaded with potash were involved in a derailment just east of the B.C. and Alberta border Friday.
 
Mounties said Canadian Pacific (CP) alerted them to the incident, which took place at approximately 17:30 along Highway 3, west of Coleman at Crowsnest Lake.
 
The highway and passersby were unaffected by the derailment.
 
Both locomotives are in an upright positive and did not leak fuel or oil.
 
No dangerous goods were involved, no injuries were reported, and no nearby structures were hit.
 
Only 25 cars were originally reported as derailed, but that number was upgraded to 48 total units Saturday, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
 
"The first call CP gives us is usually just a quick and basic, we've got a derailment, this what we've got. Through my contact with them over the last 14, 15, hours, we now how got a total number of cars that have derailed," said James Carmichael, a regional senior investigator with the TSB.
 
The TSB has not yet decided whether to deploy to the site, Carmichael said, but crews were not immediately dispatched.
 
"We don't deploy to every accident. We try to get as much information as possible, we access it, and we try to make a decision, and so far we haven't made a decision not to deploy to this one," he said.
 
Five of those train cars ended up off the tracks and on top of the iced-over Crowsnest Lake, according to reports from the Crowsnest Pass Herald.
 
Carmichael said there are cars along the bank, but none have entered the lake.
 
Locals reached by Postmedia reported hearing a loud crash when the derailment occurred and said they could see spilled potash from the crash down an embankment from the train tracks.
 
A CP investigation into the cause of the incident is underway, according to railway spokesperson Salem Woodrow.
 
Jason Herring.