In 2007, a disagreement erupted between the owner of the steam train line and the municipality of Chelsea and city of Gatineau over the railway safety and maintenance.

There were also plans for refurbishing the wagons as well as adding a station at the Casino du Lac-Leamy about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of its current southern terminus at Quebec Autoroute 5 and Boulevard Saint-Joseph.

Although operations resumed for 2009 and 2010, and various upgrades were considered,[11] a notice on the official website currently states that they have been suspended again after heavy rains damaged the tracks during a storm that occurred on June 23 and 24, 2011.

[13][14][15] As of 2014[update] CCFO is continuing to seek private or governmental backing by August 2014 for a possible relaunch no earlier than 2015,[16] although the vulnerability of the right-of-way to future washouts remains an undetermined risk.

[needs update] In 2016, a consortium, Moose Rail,[17] proposed Wakefield as a stop[18] for a new privately run Ottawa-Gatineau commuter train service.