Englewood Railway Coalition

01/27/2018

Norfolk Southern continues its hostile efforts to push our families out of their homes and community, for private profit. Here’s some historical truth and perspective on the kind of upheaval and harm that fake “renewal” brings.

Federally funded projects led to the removal of almost 23,000 families in fewer than two decades, a new mapping project finds.

01/27/2018

Chris Kennedy, a Democratic candidate for Illinois governor, accused Mayor Rahm Emanuel last week of waging a “strategic gentrification plan” in Chicago.

Kennedy said the mayor permits the “selective containment” of violence on the South and West Sides that negatively impacts African-Americans and other minorities, prompting them to leave the city.

“Instead of using our resources to revitalize our city, we’re cutting off resources to push people of color out of our city and perhaps out of the way of economic development,” Kennedy said.

A scorching accusation by a candidate for Illinois governor adds fuel to the gentrification debate in Chicago.

01/27/2018

USG CEO JENNIFER SCANLON is the newest member of Norfolk Southern’s Board of Directors, and an active agent in the railroad’s attempted hostile takeover of a working-class community for private corporate profit!

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jennifer-f-scanlon-elected-to-norfolk-southern-board-of-directors-300586201.html

01/21/2018

More than 1,000 gallons of fuel spilled from Norfolk Southern Railway's deButts Yard into Citico Creek on Monday evening, with a portion of the petroleum pouring into the Tennessee River, according to city and state officials.

More than 1,000 gallons of fuel spilled from Norfolk Southern Railway's deButts Yard into Citico Creek on Monday evening, with a portion of the petroleum pouring into the Tennessee River, according to city and state officials.

12/31/2017

Englewood Homeowners Start New Year Resolved to Keep Fighting for their Rights against Norfolk Southern’s Attempted Hostile Land Grab.

About two dozen Englewood families say they don't want to sell their homes to make way for an expanded freight yard. For them, their houses represent a family legacy and heritage.

12/31/2017

DERAILED. Norfolk Southern: bad for Englewood and bad for the environment.

“38 cars derailed. Four cars overturned into Pigeon Creek, spilling an estimated 400 tons of coal into the creek. Six other cars turned over on the bank of the creek.”

A Norfolk Southern train carrying coal derailed in the town of Appalachia, Virginia Saturday night.

12/31/2017

Norfolk Southern caught trying to avoid paying its fair share to protect the public and our natural resources.

A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit in which Norfolk Southern Corp. sought to avoid paying a stormwater management fee to the city of Roanoke.

11/12/2017

Did you know? A short history of the Englewood community reveals why we continue to fight Norfolk Southern’s attempted hostile takeover.

Community Area 68, 7 miles S of the Loop. Before 1850, Englewood was an oak forest with much swampland. In 1852 several railroad lines crossed at what became known as Junction Grove, stimulating the beginning of what we know today as Englewood.

11/12/2017

Norfolk Southern is using its eminent domain power to take Edwards’ and others’ homes in this predominantly African-American community on the city’s South Side.

This article was first published in The Chicago Reporter. Joyce Edwards’ family was forced to move from their Wells Street home to make way for the construction of the Dan Ryan Expressway in the la…

10/21/2017

Another example of Norfolk Southern’s “community values.”

Some downtown residents and Hotel Roanoke guests were awoken to the sound of jackhammer demolition at 1:30 AM Wednesday.

10/21/2017

Another culprit in the attempted hostile takeover of our working-class community.

NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced that its board...

09/29/2017

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit alleging that Norfolk Southern Corp. engaged in companywide discrimination against a class of job applicants and workers based on real or perceived disabilities.

The lawsuit seeks a jury trial, back pay and compensation for 17 individuals who were allegedly denied employment for a wide array of medical conditions. The company calls the claims