The first occurred on Dec. 9, 2019, just after
midnight. A Canadian Pacific Railway train hauling oil derailed west of
Guernsey. At least 19 of its train cars leaked an estimated 1.5 million
litres of crude — more than six times the amount of product that poured into the North Saskatchewan River from a Husky Energy pipeline in July 2016.
midnight. A Canadian Pacific Railway train hauling oil derailed west of
Guernsey. At least 19 of its train cars leaked an estimated 1.5 million
litres of crude — more than six times the amount of product that poured into the North Saskatchewan River from a Husky Energy pipeline in July 2016.
Drone footage of the second derailment
on Thursday clearly showed at least two large pools of black sludge
staining the snow-covered ground alongside Highway 16. Thirty-one of the
train’s 104 cars derailed.