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Some Northern NDP MPs met with ONR union officials in north bay yesterday. The NDP MPs, and the unions, have been calling on expanding ontario northland's passenger and freight services to Sault Ste Marie. Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes says the ONR taking over would mean funding for much needed upgrades to the Huron Central Railway line to make it competitive, like what happened when the ONR took over CN lines helping communities and industry in places like Cochrane, Hearst and Kapuskasing. Huron Central Railway has said about 33-million is needed for the Sault - Sudbury line. The company intends to discontinue operations between the Sault and Sudbury this fall, saying the railroad is not economically viable to operate for the long term.