Two Transportation Safety Board investigators are looking into the cause of a train derailment in Strathroy.
At 4:20am Wednesday, 13 cars of a 128-car CN Rail freight train left the tracks between Caradoc St. and Richmond St. Some tipped on their sides while others lost wheels.
No one was hurt and there was no major leakage of hazardous materials, although a small amount of petro alkylate spilled from an overturned car but was contained to the track.
Many of the cars were empty or contained paper or soybeans.
CN crews on scene, clean up may take several hours Please avoid the area. Queen, Caradoc & Metcalfe St's closed to traffic incl pedestrians pic.twitter.com/r3Dk78GwyB
— StrathroyCaradocPS (@SCPSofficer) July 19, 2017
Due to the crash Via Rail says the following trains have been cancelled.
July 19th · #84 scheduled at 6h10 from Sarnia to Toronto · #87 scheduled at 17h40 from Toronto to Sarnia
July 20th · #84 scheduled at 6h10 from Sarnia to Toronto · #87 scheduled at 21h14 from London to Sarnia
July 21st · #84 scheduled at 6h10 from Sarnia to Toronto
Via Rail says they're communicating with customers who have reservations on the impacted trains and regret the inconvenience this situation may cause.
Customers wishing to contact VIA Rail can call 1-888-VIA-RAIL (1 888 842-7245) or 1-800-268-9503 (hearing impaired).
-With files from Miranda Chant
