The Commercial Appeal featured an article Tuesday about Memphis rail and how it is creating competition for Chicago. The article is interesting, but leaves out one fact.....the Mississippi River flooding in the upper Midwest in 1993 cut off rail service to Chicago and diverted rail traffic to Memphis and that's when the ease of doing business on rail through Memphis got its big boost. Click here to read the Commercial Appeal article.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Memphis Rail Growth: Threatening Chicago for Quite Some Time
The Commercial Appeal featured an article Tuesday about Memphis rail and how it is creating competition for Chicago. The article is interesting, but leaves out one fact.....the Mississippi River flooding in the upper Midwest in 1993 cut off rail service to Chicago and diverted rail traffic to Memphis and that's when the ease of doing business on rail through Memphis got its big boost. Click here to read the Commercial Appeal article.
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