The unintentional releasing of the brakes on the locomotive is believed to be the root cause of last February’s train derailment in Goderich.
According to a report from the Transportation Safety Board, the train had stopped at the Goderich yard in order to switch to another track.
In the report, the engineer applied the brake and left the post in order to activate a manual switch.
But as the engineer was leaving, the brake handle was accidently moved taking the brakes off the locomotive and train slowly began descending down towards the grain terminal.
Investigators determined that the uncontrolled train travelled 8,500 feet (2.6 kms) at 27 miles per hour (43 km/h) before derailing at the end of the track.
The February 2nd derailment saw a pick up truck get crushed by a locomotive and a transport truck turned over.
No injuries were reported.
In the wake of the derailment, the federal transport ministry updated the Railway Safety Act to include the two ministerial orders.
One required locomotive engineers to follow specific procedures to stop uncontrolled movement.
The other was to add a layer of defence to the inspection process and operating rules of locomotives.