Cambridge Ontario - A CPKC freight train carrying new cars derailed just west of Cambridge on Wednesday afternoon.
 
A spokesperson for CPKC told CTV News via email the freight train was carrying finished automotive vehicles when it derailed around 16:00.
 
"There were no injuries, and there are no public safety concerns," the spokesperson said.
 
"CPKC crews and equipment are responding to the derailment. CPKC regrets the inconvenience the incident created."
 
Robert Shantz, fire chief of the Township of North Dumfries told CTV News that a total of 13 train cars were off the tracks.
 
"Fire has been released from the scene. There's no public safety concern from the trains that have come off the tracks," Shantz said around 18:00.
 
Shantz said non-hazardous material was involved in the derailment.
 
All cars that came off the tracks were car carriers, according to Shantz.
 
Shantz expects it will be a lengthy process to clean it up and repair the tracks.
 
Waterloo regional police said the line the train is on is a CPKC railway line, and they are handling the investigation.
 
In a tweet posted just before 18:00, the Township of North Dumfries said Alps Road between Dumfries Road and Reidsville Road is closed due to a CPKC train derailment of non-hazardous material.
 
The road closure remained in effect for over 12 hours with the township tweeting Thursday around 07:30 that Alps Road had reopened.
 
"At approximately 16:46 hours this afternoon the North Dumfries Fire Department was dispatched to attend a derailment along the CPKC corridor. Upon investigation it was confirmed that a CPKC freight train, comprised of car carriers, derailed in an area generally located between Alps Road and Cedar Creek Road," the township said in a post to its website.
 
The Transportation Saftey Board (TSB) of Canada did not immediately reply when asked if it was investigating the derailment.
 
Around 18:00 a truck with a boom on it arrived to the scene.
 
The boom truck had to go through a farmer’s field in order to get to the train cars.
 
The cause of the derailment remains unknown.
 
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