Huron Central Railway

Huron Central Railway

HCRY train in Massey, Ontario
Overview
Headquarters	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Reporting mark	HCRY
Locale	Northeastern Ontario, Canada
Dates of operation	1997–
Predecessor	Canadian Pacific Railway
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	173 miles (278 km)
Other
Website	Official website

v t e Huron Central Railway Webbwood Subdivision
Legend
CN Soo Sub 179.3 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Shell Sault Ste. Marie Terminal spur Garden River 170.7 Garden Echo Bay 164.3 Ekoba Highway 17 161.0 Bar River 158.1 Isbester 151.2 Desbarats 149.4 Potlock 143.0 Bruce 135.0 Nestorville 133.2 Sherwood Highway 17 130.8 Thessalon 126.7 Livingston 121.9 Dayton 112.8 Dean Lake Mississagi River Blind River 102.4 Blind River 95.1 Algoma 87.4 Spragge 83.4 Serpent Serpent River Serpent River quarry spur 78.3 Kenabutch 77.4 Cutler 71.6 Spanish 66.3 Walford Highway 17 Swift Railroad Contractors spur 58.4 Massey Highway 17 former CPR Little Current Sub 48.3 Webbwood Espanola Spanish River 41.9 McKerrow wye to Little Current Spur Spanish River Highway 17 Eacom Lumber Mill spur 32.6 Nairn 28.3 Turbine 25.1 Worthington 21.9 Victoria Mine Highway 17 18.3 Whitefish Vermilion River 11.1 Naughton Highway 17 Overpass R.R. 55 (Old Highway 17) Overpass 4.8 MP 4.8 4.5 Copper Cliff Vale Industrial Railway 2.1 Creosote 0.0 Sudbury CPR Cartier Sub

The Huron Central Railway (reporting mark HCRY) is a railway operating in northern Ontario, Canada. It is operated by Genesee & Wyoming Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming.

The Huron Central Railway was established in July 1997 to operate a 173-mile (278 km) route leased from the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) between Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.^[1] The lease agreements encompass all but 4.8-mile (8 km) of track at the Sudbury end of the 181.2-mile (292 km) line, known within the CPR as the Webbwood Subdivision, as well as the 3-mile (5 km) Domtar Spur, which branches southwest from the Webbwood Sub at McKerrow. The CPR retains running rights over about 22-mile (35 km) of track at the east end of the Webbwood Subdivision, and the HCRY has running rights all the way into Sudbury.^[2]

Coil steel manufactured by Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie and freight from the Domtar paper mill at Espanola account for 80% of freight traffic,^[3] although pulpwood, chemicals used by the steel industry, slab steel, paper, and miscellaneous goods are also carried. In 2008, the railway handled 16,000 carloads a year,^[4] though carloadings have decreased in subsequent years.

The route has variable topography and parallels Ontario Highway 17 for much of its length.