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Re:Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relyi... by bux93 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @06:59AM (#43856079)
Nice bit of PR for this company, but surely traintracks and terminals are built all the time to factories? Like the Ford/Blueoval facilities in Stanton, Tennessee and Glendale, Kentucky, Scout motors in Blythewood, South Carolina, Redwood materials in Ridgeville, South Carolina, VinFast in Moncure, North Carolina, Cirba Solutions in Lancaster, Ohio, Watco in Glendale, Arizona - just some of the ones from the past few years in the US. Mostly EV/battery operations.
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Re:Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relyi... by delfinom on Thursday May 01, 2025 @07:22AM (#43856227)
They are in other parts of the country.

The problem is NYC/NY are quite solidified and building new rail lines is neigh impossible as you'll need to start eminent domaining land or, spending years fighting NIMBYs for land that is already zoned and allocated for the use.

The only news here is they found an existing property with rail connections they can piggy back on.

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