Five of the cars exploded in the fiery crash that resulted, killing thirteen and injuring dozens.
Thirty-seven people are still missing.
As many as a fifteen hundred people are still evacuated from the area, down from the initial two thousand.
More than twenty-seven thousand gallons of oil leaked from the train into nearby water ways.
Efforts are underway to keep the oil from making it too far down stream, but some of it has made it around fifty miles already, sparking fears that it will reach the St. Lawrence River.
Authorities say that the crash was caused because the air brakes on the train failed.
It had been parked nearly eight miles uphill from Lac-Megantic, over night.
Late Friday night, a fire occurred on the train, but it is unclear if that was what caused the brake failure.
The Canadian Transportation Safety Board is continuing the investigation.
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