Trains To Roll Through Devastated Quebec Town Again
For the first time since a July 6 derailment that caused massive explosions and fires that killed 47 people, freight trains are due to roll again through Lac-Mgantic, Quebec, starting on Wednesday.
According to Toronto's Globe and Mail:
"Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche said service will be restored gradually and will initially be limited to dry goods. ...
"Montreal, Maine & Atlantic, the company whose train crashed in Lac-Mgantic, has promised not to run oil through the town, but Lac-Mgantic will have no guarantee that pledge will be kept once the railway is sold to another company. MM&A has filed for creditor protection and its assets are expected to be sold before February of next year.
"Once MM&A has been sold, the town will have to negotiate a new agreement with the company that takes over, she said."