The railway company at the heart of the disaster at Lac-Mégantic no longer is allowed to operate in Canada and the businesses it served are worried.
47 people died on July 6 when an unmanned train operated by Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway rolled down a hill, derailed and exploded in the heart of the small town in the province of Quebec.
The Canadian Transportation Agency pulled the railway’s certificate of fitness because it doesn’t have enough third-party liability insurance or the funds to pay for the self-insured portion. These are requirements for a railway to operate in Canada.
Area business owners are worried about how they will get supplies and send out their products if the trains no longer operate. They are hoping someone else will move in to operate the railway.
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