CN Rail suffered a minor derailment about 80 kilometres northeast of Prince George, company spokeperson Kelli Svendsen
confirmed Monday.
Thirteen coal cars jumped the track on its Tumbler subdivision at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday but remained upright and no one was injured, Svendsen said.
It was the second derailment in northern B.C. in a week. On Wednesday, 11 cars carrying lumber and pulp products derailed near the Northwood Pulp Mill at 8:30 p.m.
And in Alberta, there have been three derailments, the latest occurring Saturday afternoon when 31 cars left the tracks about 30 kilometres from Wainwright near the community
of Fabyan, and 17 fell off the bridge.
CN spokesperson Julie Senecal said the cars were all carrying grain and were part of a train that was heading west from Winnipeg to Edmonton on Saturday
afternoon.
"There were no injuries and there are no environmental issues," Senecal said.
On Friday, 18 cars went off the tracks near Hay Lakes, southeast of Edmonton.
Earlier last week, a CN freight train derailed between Hinton and Grande Cache.
There were no injuries in the Hay Lakes derailment but one crew member was hurt in the Hinton derailment.
Early last week, CN advised customers it will be running shorter trains between Jasper and Prince George because of the effects the extremely cold weather can have on train braking systems.
