By Railfan & Railroad Staff  

St. PAUL, Minn. — No one was injured when three trains from three different railroads derailed at a junction in St. Paul, Minn., late Wednesday. 

Shortly after 5 p.m., on August 25, a Canadian Pacific train collided with a Union Pacific train at a switch on CP tracks near Dayton’s Bluff. Two CP locomotives and a UP locomotive left the rails. That collision resulted in the derailment of a lumber car in the middle of a BNSF Railway train on an adjacent track.

No hazardous materials were involved, although the incident did delay Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder.

A CP spokesperson said that all three railroads were working together to clear the derailment and reopen the line.