The crude oil inside the tank cars leaked out and exploded, causing a fire that destroyed most of downtown Lac-Mégantic and took the lives of 47 people. Shortly before midnight on July 5, 2013, the ...

(AP) A train loaded with crude oil could soon roll through a town near you. A fiery and fatal train derailment earlier this month in Quebec, near the Maine border, highlighted the danger of moving oil ...

(AP) Quebec police are pursuing a painstaking, wide-ranging criminal investigation of the inferno ignited by the derailment of a runaway oil train that killed at least 15 people and left dozens ...

Panel manufacturer Tafisa says the rail line to its plant in Lac-Mégantic will be operational by year end. The spur line serving its giant melamine plant, which handled 60 cars weekly, was closed ...