Safety board investigates after second train derailment in B.C. within a week

CALGARY — The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a derailment in British Columbia involving a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train.

It’s the second time this month a CPKC train has been involved in a derailment in B.C.

The Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that it was deploying a team after a train derailed overnight near Jaffray, B.C., about 350 kilometres southwest of Calgary.

A CPKC spokesperson says there were no injuries, leaks of any products or risk to public safety after 16 cars derailed, though one was carrying dangerous goods.

The derailment comes a week after an incident near Elko, B.C., about 20 kilometres east of Jaffray, where CPKC says 12 empty train cars left the tracks.

No one was injured in that derailment.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 9, 2025.

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