Broken rail led to potash train derailment near Maple Creek: TSB report

SWIFT CURRENT — An investigation has concluded that a split rail ultimately led to the derailment of a freight train carrying potash in southwestern Saskatchewan last fall.
A Transportation Safety Board report says the crack had been there for some time and the rail broke when the Canadian Pacific train passed over it on Oct. 3.
The train was heading west from Swift Current when 37 cars derailed near the Maple Creek subdivision.
Many of the derailed cars released potash, but no dangerous g