Alabama Commissioner and Governor's designee, J. William "Billy" McFarland, Jr. and the Southern Rail Commission was featured in an article in 78 magazine — a local Tuscaloosa-based lifestyle publication.
The article details his involvement from the early days when his father help found the Commission to when he was elected its chairman. It also includes recent promotional efforts begin made by the Commission to broaden its audience and increase awareness around the "vital work that the Commission does within the states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi and beyond."