Edmonton, Alberta-CN rail officials report that only a small amount of urea was spilled from at least two fertilizer hopper cars when a train derailed at the Scotford railyard north of Fort Saskatchewan northeast of Alberta. “There were no environmental issues, no injuries and no dangerous goods involved,” reported CN spokesman Kevin Franchuk. No immediate estimate of the amount of spilled urea was available, but Franchuk told Green Markets that two of six hopper cars were empty, two remained upright, and the two that tipped over were filled with urea. Franchuk said the cause of the derailment is still under investigation. He said a total of eight cars derailed as the 64-car train, with three locomotives, moved slowly through the railyard about 3 p.m. Nov. 8. Crews spent several hours uprighting the cars and cleaning up the spill. Some yard traffic was affected, but since Scotford is on a secondary line, there were no main line CN interruptions.
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