Canadian Railroads > CP Rail derailment Sunday AM Wetaskiwin, Alberta

The news media report a CP rail Potash train derailment near Wetaskiwin.
Not sure exactly where, if on the eastern sub ? towards Hardisty, or on the
Edmn-Clgy line.  Here is what the Edmonton Sun reported:
"The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a train carrying potash derailed just north of Wetaskiwin Sunday.
A TSB spokesperson says 20 cars carrying potash derailed just north of the city around 9:09 a.m. near Highway 13. Pictures from the scene show piles of potash spilling out onto the ground."
               Sid.

telegraphboy Wrote:
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> The news media report a CP rail Potash train
> derailment near Wetaskiwin.
> Not sure exactly where, if on the eastern sub ?
> towards Hardisty, or on the
> Edmn-Clgy line.  Here is what the Edmonton Sun
> reported:
> "The Transportation Safety Board is investigating
> after a train carrying potash derailed just north
> of Wetaskiwin Sunday.
> A TSB spokesperson says 20 cars carrying potash
> derailed just north of the city around 9:09 a.m.
> near Highway 13. Pictures from the scene show
> piles of potash spilling out onto the ground."
>                Sid.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1896640/train-carrying-potash-derails-near-wetaskiwin/

Range Rd. 235 crosses Hwy. 13 and the tracks just north and east of the city so the derailment would have occurred on the Hardisty sub.

What would be the ultimate destination of the potash on that train?  Do they ship any out of Prince Rupert?  Considering where most of the potash comes from this seems like a strange routing unless they were heading for a connection with CN in Edmonton...

Keith Robertson
Langley, BC

LKeithR Wrote:
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> Range Rd. 235 crosses Hwy. 13 and the tracks just
> north and east of the city so the derailment would
> have occurred on the Hardisty sub.
>
> What would be the ultimate destination of the
> potash on that train?  Do they ship any out of
> Prince Rupert?  Considering where most of the
> potash comes from this seems like a strange
> routing unless they were heading for a connection
> with CN in Edmonton...

I believe CP has routed potash trains over the Hardisty sub to ease congestion on the southern main line. So, train will run east to Wetaskawin, turn south to Calgary, then west to the coast.
-Trevor