Rail line through Field, B.C. reopens after train derailment kills 3 workers

A train derailment is shown near Field, B.C., Monday, Feb. 4, 2019.

The rail line running through Field, B.C. that was the site of a train derailment that killed three Canadian Pacific (CP) workers on Monday has re-opened, a CP spokesperson said Wednesday.

“In close collaboration with Transport Canada, and upon completion of all necessary safety checks, CP’s mainline through Field, B.C. re-opened earlier today,” said CP spokesperson Salem Woodrow in an email to Global News.

“CP crews and contractors remain on the scene working diligently in challenging conditions to remove the damaged rail cars and equipment.”

The train was travelling west to Vancouver when it derailed near the Alberta-B.C. border at around 1 a.m. Mountain time Monday, claiming the lives of conductor Dylan Paradis, locomotive engineer Andrew Dockrell and conductor trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer. All three men were from Calgary.

Source: Global News Canada