Chicago neighborhood of Englewood suffers from expansion of Norfolk Southern Intermodal rail yard

Chicago’s South Side Weekly just ran this moving story of how the expansion of a Norfolk Southern Railway intermodal rail yard is affecting residents of the poor and overburdened Englewood community.

Source: YoChicago

The Norfolk Expansion: How was it decided that Englewood should be partially fed to private industry for its own good?

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For background, check out this recent Open Letter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel from the Englewood Railway Coalition (ERC), a group of homeowners who refuse to sell to the Norfolk Southern, and the blog post Englewood Railway Coalition fighting to save homes and history.