- Friday-Graham Rail Spur
The Friday-Graham Rail Spur is a branch
rail line connecting theWest Memphis Port to theUnion Pacific Railroad near the city ofWest Memphis, Arkansas ,United States . The railroad company serves the port directly via the spur. [Union Pacific Railroad , [http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/usguide/ar.shtml Guide to the Union Pacific Railroad: Arkansas] (map), accessed July 2008]Starting in late 1991, the city rebuilt an abandoned Union Pacific branch that had served a place known as Tennark. The completed line was dedicated on
May 19 ,1994 , twelve years after the port opened, and was named after Little Rock lawyerHershel Friday , counsel for Union Pacific, and George Graham, former UP Southern Region general manager and consultant for the city. [Jim Harris,Arkansas Business , Making tracks in West Memphis,August 1 ,1994 ]References
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