Five cars off the tracks near the Smiths Falls station - Date/Photographer unknown.

20 March 2013

VIA Passengers Put on Buses
After Freight Train Derailment

Smiths Falls Ontario - VIA Rail has ordered a dozen buses to pick up hundreds of passengers affected by the derailment of a freight train in Smiths Falls.
 
Five cars of a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed just before 1:30 p.m. near the Smiths Falls train station and has blocked the tracks in both directions.
 
Smiths Falls police are on the scene.
 
Two TSB investigators are also at the scene, said Johnston.
 
The investigation is expected to take several hours.
 
VIA said 10 passenger trains and some 800 passengers are affected by the delay.
 
While some trains were simply delayed by the collision, passengers on other trains had to be transferred to buses.
 
The freight train was carrying one car holding "dimethycyclohexylamine", a fuel additive classified as corrosive and potentially flamable.
 
But Transportation Safety Board acting director Rob Johnston said the car is upright, intact, and of no danger to the public.
 
There are no reported injuries.
 
Author unknown.

Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Canada