A CN train engine appeared like it had run aground like a ship on a sandbar on Monday night in Sylvan Lake.
The incident happened along the secondary track not far from 4605 50 Ave. in Sylvan Lake.
There is a main rail line along that area and a secondary track that stops abruptly and turns into grass.
No one on-site early Monday night was able to say exactly what had happened, but it appeared like the train engine had followed the secondary track and when the track ended the engine plowed into the ground.
Police said no one was injured in the incident and it happened far enough away not to snarl up any traffic.
Sylvan Lake RCMP and the Sylvan Lake Fire Department were on scene, as well as a CN contractor, at around 8:30 p.m. on Monday night.
It was expected that more CN workers would be there later Monday night and clean up the site before this morning.