Presidents Island rail upgrade chugging along
Freight cars are added to a train on Jan. 16, 2018, near the Transwood Shipping yard and Progress Rail Services on Presidents Island. The Port Commission landed a grant in January to expand rail service to Presidents Island by adding nearly a mile of new track at the public terminal on the island. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
An addition of nearly a mile of new railroad tracks to the Port Commission public terminal on Presidents Island should be finished by May 31, 2020.
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