SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — An investigation has concluded that a split rail ultimately led to the derailment of a freight train carrying potash in southwestern Saskatchewan last fall.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The train was heading west from Swift Current when 37 cars derailed near the Maple Creek subdivision.<\/p>\n
Many of the derailed cars released potash, but no dangerous goods were involved and no one was hurt.<\/p>\n
The safety board says the tracks in the area had been tested 11 times in the two years before the derailment — most recently last August — and no defects were reported.<\/p>\n
It says the crew did not observe any track or operating irregularities.<\/p>\n
Potash consists of minerals containing potassium and is used as an agricultural fertilizer.<\/p>\n
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