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Article: In it for the short haul: keeping Huron Central Railway alive is key to bringing Sault multi-modal plan on track.(SPECIAL REPORT: CONSTRUCTION)
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- Northern Ontario Business
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- May 1, 2008
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Whether a northeastern Ontario short-line railway servicing Sault Ste. Marie exists in 2009 may depend upon the results of contract talks with Algoma Steel.
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Negotiations on a new five-year contract involving the Huron Central Railway to move steel expires at the end of this year.
"The outcome of this negotiation will basically tell the story," says Mario Brault, president of Genesee & Wyoming's Canadian subsidiary, owners of the Huron Central Railway. The short-line railway leases the 305-kilometre long Sault-to-Sudbury track from the Canadian Pacific Railway. As a connector line, the Huron Central hauls steel, lumber, ...