{"id":799459,"date":"2026-07-13T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799459\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:48:10","slug":"train-derailment-sends-several-rail-cars-into-water-in-sw-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799459\/","title":{"rendered":"Train derailment sends several rail cars into water in SW Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several train cars tumbled into a body of water on Monday morning after a derailment in southwest Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary police say a train derailed around 7:50 a.m. near the interchange of Stoney Trail and Macleod Trail, just east of Sheriff King Street SW.<\/p>\n<p>The derailment sent multiple rail cars into nearby water. Images from the scene show at least half a dozen train cars derailed, and several partially submerged in water.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TRAIN-DERAILMENT-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3979622\"\/>A train derailment in southwest Calgary sends several cars into a nearby body of water on July 13, 2026. (CityNews\/Max Latimer)<\/p>\n<p>Police and fire crews are on scene. No injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>Due to safety concerns, the public is asked to stay away from the area. <\/p>\n<p>Police say traffic may be disrupted near Shawville Gate and the surrounding transit hub as the response continues.<\/p>\n<p>Tune into <a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.citynews.ca\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CityNews 24\/7 <\/a>for the latest in breaking news, traffic, and weather<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782746833_947_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several train cars tumbled into a body of water on Monday morning after a derailment in southwest Calgary.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-799459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}