CP trains collide near Golden derailing cars
The Transportation Safety Board says no one was injured
CBC News Posted: Sep 06, 2015
CP Rail says a train travelling on the main track struck a train on a siding early Sunday near Golden, B.C. (CBC)
The Transportation Safety Board has been called to Golden after a collision between two CP Rail trains early Sunday.
Spokesman Chris Krepski says the trains contacted each other on a railway siding.
"There was a train travelling east on the main track which struck a train that was in a siding, Krepski said."
"The eastbound train derailed the two head-end locomotives and one car which was an empty potash car. The other train derailed the last car, which was a loaded non-dangerous goods car. Everything derailed upright."
CP says no one was injured and there are no public safety issues.
It says the derailment happened around 2:30 a.m. PT, 50 kilometres west of Golden.
TSB investigators are now on scene.