A derailment near Fort Mccleod - Date? Photographer?
43 CP Cars Carrying Potash Derail
22 May 2022
Fort Mccleod Alberta - Clean up is underway after 43 Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) train cars
carrying potash left the track Sunday morning east of Fort Macleod.
RCMP said the incident happened about 08:15 along Highway 3, between Range Road 251 and Range Road 252, about 170
kilometres south of Calgary.
No injuries were reported.
Officials say clean up will take several hours and traffic will be slowed while travelling through the
area.
CP said in a statement there are no public safety concerns.
"CP personnel have responded to the scene and recovery operations are under way," it read.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
Dave Dormer.
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