Following a September fire at the Novelis aluminum plant in New York, from which Ford gets aluminum supplies for vehicle production, the automaker is working to recover production volume losses of its F-Series trucks, including the Super Duty, which is made at KTP.
Additionally, the trucks used to collect yard waste, which are the same ones used for leaf collection and large debris removal — like the services needed during the historic flood in August — need to be replaced within the next few years.
Mules on the towpath along the canal could pull a heavy barge at a clip of 4 miles per hour – far faster than the job of dragging wagons over primitive roads.
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Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
The Chinese investment aims to modernize the 1,156-mile (1,860-kilometer) rail track, locomotives, passenger coaches, and wagons.
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