Saskatchewan

47 cars left tracks during train derailment near Chaplin, Sask.

The Transportation Safety Board says 47 train cars holding 95 containers left the tracks late Sunday near the village of Chaplin, Sask.

No injuries reported

Two red CP locomotives are shown fairly close up.
This file photo shows two Canadian Pacific locomotives. A Canadian Pacific freight train derailed Sunday night near Chaplin, Sask. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)

A freight train derailed in southwestern Saskatchewan on the weekend.

The Transportation Safety Board says 47 cars holding 95 containers left the tracks late Sunday near the village of Chaplin, about 150 kilometres west of Regina.

A spokesman with Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said none of the cars were carrying dangerous goods.

There were no injuries reported.

Investigators from the safety board were sent to the site and Canadian Pacific has dispatched crews and equipment.