Montreal Quebec - Canadian Pacific is no longer allowed to leave its trains parked in the Hochelaga rail yards after several of its empty railcars jumped the tracks in late October.
 
Radio-Canada is reporting that Transport Canada (TC) implemented the restriction after the company failed to submit a risk assessment.
 
TC's statement outlines that the decision comes to prevent another derailment in the area.
 
Investigations Ongoing
 
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) and the Montreal Police are both investigating the derailment that happened in east end Montreal on 29 Oct 2015.
 
Five of 26 empty flat rail cars went off the tracks near Terrasse Thomas-Valin and Lesperance Street.
 
One car struck a house, but nobody was injured.
 
An investigation by the TSB found there was an insufficient amount of hand brakes applied to the train cars, which had been parked on the Hochelaga tracks for almost a full year before the derailment.
 
The report indicated the possibility of tampering.
 
"The investigation is continuing but we have nothing to report at the moment," TSB spokesperson Chris Krepski told Radio-Canada.
 
Canadian Pacific declined Radio-Canada's requests to be interviewed.
 
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