Railroad pulls container operations out of heart of Memphis
The Norfolk Southern Railroad is removing its intermodal container operations from the Harris Yard, located along Southern Avenue in the shadow of the Liberty Bowl, on Feb. 5, 2020, and moving them to another facility in Piperton with the hopes of improving the neighborhood south of the train tracks. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Norfolk Southern discontinued intermodal freight operations at its rail yard in the Buntyn area near the Fairgrounds, a move that's expected to reduce truck traffic among other impacts in a congested urban area.
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