Image of the derailment near Bow Island (Photo: Jannie Van Der Haar)
Two CP Rail derailments under investigation
Feb 22, 2021 | 11:40 AM
BOW ISLAND, AB – No injuries were reported in two train derailments on Sunday.
CP Rail said that on February 21, at around 4:30 a.m., an “incident” occurred at the Alyth railyard in Calgary. This resulted in two locomotives and two rail cars derailing.
Later in the morning, at approximately 11 a.m., a freight train carrying grain derailed, with 14 cars going off track east of Bow Island.


