Enrick Gagnon identified as missing engineer in Quebec train derailment

Rescue efforts to try to locate the engineer of the train that derailed near Sept-les, Que., yesterday have been called off for the remainder of the day.

The Iron Ore Company ofCanada says its priority is still to find train engineer Enrick Gagnon, 45, who has been missing since the trainwent off the tracks Thursday morning.

The company saiddarkness curtailed the search.

At this moment, from dusk until dawn, we won't have any activities on site because of the safety that this site requires, said Claudine Gagnon, a spokeswoman for the company.

The train, which was carrying 240 empty railcars, was being operated by the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (QNS&L).

Enrick Gagnon had been the only person aboard the train. The Iron Ore Company released his name Friday morning.

He has been with the company for 20 years, according to Radio-Canada.

The company said emergency workers have returned to Sept-les for the night, but cleanup and recovery operations should begin again early Saturday morning.

Diesel leak not yet contained

Preliminary reports suggest a landslide caused the derailment from the tracks that run along the Moisie River, just before 7:30 a.m. ET on Thursday.

The remote location made it difficult for emergency crews to reach the site immediately.

Two locomotives remain submerged in the river.

The provinces emergency environmental branch says diesel is still spilling into the Moisie River from the submerged locomotives.

The leak, which is spilling diesel into the river, has still not been sealed, said Frdric Fournier, a spokesman for Quebecs Environment Ministry.

Fournier said environmental crews are trying to control the spill with containment booms.