The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to a derailment involving a Canadian National freight train near Irricana, Alberta.
No dangerous goods were involved and no injuries were reported.
The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.
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CN Rail train carrying grain derails northeast of Calgary
24 freight cars carrying grain flipped onto their sides near Highway 9 and Range Road 271
About two dozen train cars carrying grain derailed
northeast of Calgary on Friday morning at the hamlet of Kathyrn.
(Rocky View County )
The incident happened near the hamlet of Kathyrn, at Highway 9 and Range Road 271.
Emergency crews were alerted just after 10 a.m. MT that 24 cars of the CN Rail train had derailed and ended up in a field, RCMP said.
No hazardous materials were in any of the cars.
There were no injuries and no evacuations were ordered, officials say.
Rocky View County emergency crews responded with assistance from the Crossfield fire department and Beiseker and Airdrie RCMP.
Highway traffic was also unaffected, officials say.