(The following story by Shawn Logan appeared on the Calgary Sun website on March 4, 2010.)
CALGARY, Alberta — Two trains slammed head-on just outside of Golden, B.C., Wednesday, sparking a large propane fire.
Canadian Pacific Railway spokesman Kevin Hrysak said the crash between an empty grain carrier and a train carrying potash occurred just after 3 p.m., knocking one engine on its side and striking a propane tank at a rail switch heater, which spread into a 30-metre radius blaze.
He said emergency crews quickly doused the fire before it ignited leaking diesel fuel and no dangerous substances escaped from either train.
CPR was still investigating and cleaning up Wednesday night, forcing the closure of one of its main lines, and Hrysak couldn’t say how soon it will be re-opened.