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 following a derailment and explosion in July.

Shipping from Tafisa's particleboard and melamine panel plant in Lac-Megantic, QC, has been hobbled by the massive deadly train wreck that killed 50 people.