(The following Associated Press article was published on KAALtv’s website on April 7.)
RED WING, Minn. — Canadian Pacific Railway workers are working tonight to replace 1500 feet of track damaged when a CPR train derailed in downtown Red Wing.
Twenty-nine train cars slammed into a warehouse along the Mississippi River at around 6:30 am yesterday.
No injuries were reported, but some businesses were closed and the area was closed to traffic. Three of the cars contained methanol, but only a small amount of the hazardous substance leaked and evaporated.
Investigators discovered today that the accident also derailed five additional, empty rail cars parked on a side track.
The accident is being investigated by CPA authorities and the Federal Railroad Administration.